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

January 25, 2016

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?

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January 26, 2016

Answer: Swelling

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January 27, 2016

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

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