Do you recommend Lymphatic Drainage Massage after a mommy makeover for swelling? How long PO until I can have a massage? (photo)

Lymphatic massage certainly will not hurt you after a mommy makeover and there could be some benefits. But the scientific evidence of such benefits is limited. I do believe that massage can help to soften scars and scar tissue after surgery, but whether or not it dramatically improves swelling is less certain in my mind. Your swelling will dissipate with time regardless of whether or not you use a massage therapist. If you want to have the massage, you can do so whenever it is not painful for you. This is usually around 2 weeks after surgery. 

There is no evidence whatsoever that lymphatic drainage by way of massage has any effect on healing after a mommy makeover. Vigorous massage might actually create trauma.

Many do advocate massage, especially lymphatic drainage massage but there is little scientific evidence that it has any benefit. The best advise I can give you is to ask your plastic surgeon and follow the post operative regimen that works for them. Best of luck.

Dear persian_pixie,Congratulations on your mommy makeover procedure.  Its a big surgery so I am glad to hear that you are doing well.  Swelling is a natural part of the healing process and the body's natural response to injury (surgery)  lymphatic massage is advocated by some but the biggest component of your recovery at this time is....time, rest, and compression.   Your body will do the rest.All the best,Dr. Remus Repta