Compression is best for limiting fluid retention. However, will the body build up fluid anyway elsewhere?

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Lipo causes fluid to build up where the fat used to be.If it is indeed a normal body's healing process but we compress it out of the treated area does it go elsewhere in the body or just becomes absorbed by the lymphatic system? If so, is this the kind of massages that are done post operatively? And are they only on the treated areas or all spots where lymph nodes are in clusters? Basically can the fluid end up accumulating in the groin or axillas if the treatment was say in the torso?

Winfield Hartley, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Compression is very helpful after liposuction.  It is very common after lipo of the torso to develop swelling in the groin due to gravity.  Less likely in the axilla for the same reason.  All of the fluid regardless of position should resolve as the body heals, but this can take many weeks.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Maybe BUT only in person examination would allow a determination of the issue presented! >>>>>>>>>>>

Compression is best for limiting fluid retention. However, will the body build up fluid anyway elsewhere?

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