1 Week After Neck Lipo - 200cc Removed. No Results.

Neck lipo suction is a great procedure for the right patient.  200 cc of fat from a neck liposuction is significant.  However, the procedure also causes swelling.  For this reason, it is a good stealth procedure.  When you return to work, there is little difference because the swelling masks the fat removal.  Then over the course of a couple of months, the swelling settles down revealing the result.  Please generally just assume that you have lost weight.  Being patient is very difficult but that is what is needed here.

At 1 week you are still seeing a good deal of swelling.  Typically you will see more dramatic changes at 2-3 weeks as the infiltrated fluid and tisse edema is absorbed and excreted.  It can take 6 weeks to 3 months to see the final result.

It is important to wear a compression neck garment for the first week or two to help redrape the skin and control the swelling.  Of course it is best to maintain your weight and even better,  to watch your diet and resume exercise as soon as possible to achieve an even better weight which will enhance your final result.  

In a younger patient (early 40's or younger), neck Liposuction works quite well, although it takes several months for the eventual result to show itself.  Isolated neck Liposuction in older patients rarely yields satisfying results because the aging changes of the neck are not addressed sufficiently.