Large hard mass 2 weeks post inner thigh lipo (Photo)

Please see your physician to ensure this isnt a seroma, however uyou should be getting post surgical optimization treatments and lyjphatic massage at this time.  Best, Dr. Emer.

Swelling and healing as well as scar maturation can persist for 6 months and sometimes up to 1 year following liposuction.  Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA

An ultrasound will determine if this liquid or solid. Easy to obtain a requisition from your primary care physician or an urgent care center.  If it is solid it is important to see if this a thrombosis of the saphenous venous system with a doppler study. Venous thrombosis is not uncommon in the inner thigh region because these large veins are in the fatty layer in this location. If it is just indurated fat then massage and time will help to dissipate this.  It is very unlikely that this is infection, but of course, not impossible

Hi, thanks for posting and congratulations on your surgery. Your issue could be a number of things including fluid or a firm area of fat. It may be something that needs aspiration with a needle, treatment with antibiotics or it may be a swollen, firm area that could resolve on its own. In person consultation is the only way to tell. If you are concerned, an in-person consultation with a local board certified plastic surgeon will be worth the cost.

Some firmness it's not uncommon especially two weeks after liposuction.
The more aggressive the liposuction the more common this is.
I try to encourage patients to stay local for elective surgery.
People seem two at times be in denial that complications or the need for revisions will actually happen to them.
If you feel like you need to be evaluated you need to pick up the phone and start calling local board-certified plastic surgeon's and explain your situation.
Before forewarned that that some plastic surgeons will not be all that motivated to see someone else's complication.
Most likely this will dissipate on it's own but there's no way to tell for certain without an examination and possible tests to see if this is liquid.
A seroma or fluid buildup can sometimes be diagnosed by an examination.
Other ways to confirm the diagnosis is to put a large needle into the area and try to remove fluid or to perform an ultrasound.
What you describe is fairly common in my practice and usually resolves by itself.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD

The lumpiness, swelling, itching and hardness after a surgery like you had typically persists at least 8 weeks after the surgery then slowly goes away. In my experience, daily massage of the hard areas makes the biggest difference in getting rid of it sooner rather than later. Staying away from salt will make a big difference in swelling. It can easily take 6 months or more to see results. Be sure to keep any scheduled follow up appointments you have with your surgeons for his evaluation and advice. Hope this helps.
Dean Vistnes, M.D.
Vistnes Plastic Surgery 
San Francisco Bay Area
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