Soreness after liposuction - how long before it resolves?

Liposuction sensitivity can take months to go away.  I suggest resuming your normal activity and exercise and you will see this resolves soon/quickly.  If it does not and you are concerned, speak to your physician.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Usually by about 4 weeks pain and soreness usually improve. Best to discuss with your surgeon.  Good luck.

Hello and thank you for your question.  At 4 weeks post it is normal to still have discomfort. As long as this is continually (even if it's slowly) getting better and not worse then the answer is massage and cold packs.  Because of the work done underneath, the nerve endings at the skin surface tend to be very irritated.  At first, because of swelling there is more numbness, but as that swelling has come down those nerve endings sort of wake up again and are not happy.  It can be very helpful to massage by pressing down on your abdomen a little more deeply and then make small circles to massage moving around the area.  This lets you press past those frazzled nerve endings to get in some good massage, as well as "teach" the nerves to get used to sensation again and they will start to settle down.  At 6 weeks you are about 50% healed and then the healing slows down.  But over the next weeks and months this sensitivity should become less and less and quite a bit better at 3 months or so.  Be sure to check in with your surgeon to track your progress and best of luck!Dr. K.