No Results 2 Months After Liposuction

My center performed MRIs on volunteer patients and found that about 67% of the swelling is gone at one month and 85% of the swelling is gone at 3 months.  So you may have about 25% swelling at this point.  Your result depends mainly on the skill and experience of your surgeon.  Some surgeons using very small cannulae or performing liposuction in the office under local anesthetic may not be as aggressive in removing fat.  The ideal is to sufficiently remove the fat but not to overdo it, which is worse.

You should wait at least another month before making any judgments.  If you still are unsatisfied at that time, consideration may be given to a redo liposuction.  All plastic surgeons sometimes perform redo liposuctions including me.  But we also need to allow 3-4 months after surgery, minimum, to ensure swelling has fully resolved.  Many surgeons give a price break on redos or touchups. 

As long as your weight is stable or going down since surgery you should continue to improve out to 6 to 9 months.You are still very early in your recovery.

Patients undergoing liposuction
will inevitably develop swelling following this procedure.In the immediate post-operative period,
weight gain following liposuction may be related to fluid retention.When this situation arises, the results of liposuction
can be obscured by the severe swelling that occurs.During
the procedure the liposuction cannula passes through the subcutaneous
tissue.This causes disruption of
lynthatic channels and cellular injury, which results in significant swelling.Significant
improvement in swelling can be seen in the first 3 weeks following surgery with
the majority gone in about 3 months.Small amounts of swelling may persist for up to a year following
surgery.We
generally recommend the use of compression support garments for about 3 weeks
following surgery.We also recommend a
low sodium diet before and after liposuction.Exercise is usually started early in the post-operative period and we
want patients to ambulate as soon possible following surgery.Massage
is also helpful, it decreases swelling by mobilizing retained fluid following
liposuction.All of these steps help to
minimize the duration of swelling following surgery.In your case, your swelling is normal and
should resolve with time.In some cases,
this may take up to 3 to 6 months to actually occur.Compression, massage, ambulation and low salt
intake will hopefully help you get there sooner.