What Are the Healing Stages of Cellulaze?

The healing process after a Cellulaze treatment can be expected to last 3-6 months.  During that period of time, your treated areas will go through many changes.  Often, there is an initial improvement in the appearance due to swelling.  As that swelling subsides (at different rates in different places), the treated area can return to its original appearance or look worse.  But over some time, the results will eventually become apparent.  Patience is truly a virtue when dealing with Cellulaze. 

The process does take many months - from initial bruising and swelling to a sometimes disappointing return to your previous state once the initial swelling subsides, to lumpiness and then slow improvement.   We have found that massage or SmoothShapes treatments can help improve some of the lumpiness from fluid collections in the postoperative course and speed up recovery.  Tissue and skin has "memory", and it takes a while for it to change and the fluid build-up to resolve, even though your surgeon likely felt the bands actually release during the treatment.

It really does take 3 to 6 months to see the final results and you will really love it at that point. The lumps are due to the process and they heal at different rates. So, don't worry you still have a lot of healing left to do!