My doctor performed lipo on my thighs, and what he called "pre-tunneling" to prevent ripples. After the procedure I've learned he did fat redistribution which I did not consent to. I've also had a rough recovery, because of nerve pain. Does pre-tunneling involve heating the fat, which may have irritated the nerves more than just traditional lipo? Does pre-tunneling typically involve fat redistribution? I thought fat redistribution is another word for fat grafting.
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Thank you for your question. Using a compression garment helps ontrol swelling as the compression on your tissues helps your body to reabsorb the edema fluid that accumulates in the tissues after any procedure. This can take quite some time to happen without help from the compression garments....