Im 2 weeks out of surgery is there anything I can do or treatment I should get to make these knots and ropey feeling scars underneath my skin go away? should i use a cream or oil to massage? velashape or endermologie? ultrasound?
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Answer: Lumps and bumps after liposuction usually disappear in 6 weeks.
Many liposuction patients can benefit from a little weight loss after the procedure. Although liposuction is not for overweight people, many liposuction candidates are a little over their ideal weight. I have observed, after 25 yeras of doing liposuction, that weight loss over the first few...
Although there are dermatologists who are trained in liposuction, only plastic surgeons perform liposuction and other body contouring surgerysuch as abdominoplasty, arm lifts, thigh lifts, etc. To determine which procedure would give you the best result, I as a board certified plastic...
Compression garments type and when applied and for how long varies from plastic surgeon to plastic surgeon and not dependent usually on the type of lipo performed. In my practice, A compression garment placed in surgery immediately after liposuction (steristrip protects the sutures) is...
