It is my 9th day after the surgery. I have hips liposuction. the bruises are every where but what I am seriously concern about is that the swelling of my hips are not the same. The swelling on the right hip is almost in the middle of the thigh and the left hips is just on the same place of my "original" hips. I am under stress and do not feel well psychologically. Is that shape of swelling normal?
December 13, 2011
Answer: Liposuction - 9 days post-op
It is, of course, impossible to address this completely without being able to know what you looked like before and exactly what you look like now. However, at nine days post-op it is generally WAY too early to be even the slightest best concerned about asymmetry, even of the degree I think you're talking about. I tell my patients that it takes 4-6 weeks to see 85% of the results, 3 months to see 95% and six months for the final result. At nine days, however disconcerting the discrepancy, I would urge you to try not to stress about it any more than you absolutely have to (easy for me to say...). You should, of course, stay in touch with your own PS.
I hope that this helps, and good luck,
Dr. E
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December 13, 2011
Answer: Liposuction - 9 days post-op
It is, of course, impossible to address this completely without being able to know what you looked like before and exactly what you look like now. However, at nine days post-op it is generally WAY too early to be even the slightest best concerned about asymmetry, even of the degree I think you're talking about. I tell my patients that it takes 4-6 weeks to see 85% of the results, 3 months to see 95% and six months for the final result. At nine days, however disconcerting the discrepancy, I would urge you to try not to stress about it any more than you absolutely have to (easy for me to say...). You should, of course, stay in touch with your own PS.
I hope that this helps, and good luck,
Dr. E
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