I had body jet liposuction on my upper and lower abdomen. I have 2 areas, above and below my belly button that are hard, sensitive to touch and hurt slightly when massaged. My dr said this would occur and would go away with massage but didn’t give me a time frame. Are these hard areas normal? Will they dissipate and go down? I understand lipo results take time though I’m worried
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This is not unusual. Depending on your size and how much lipo was done, your recovery swelling will vary. At this early interval, your body is programmed to "hold on to fluid" because it doesn't know what happened. Sometimes a diuretic is needed to gently rid your body of the...
You may be retaining fluid after the liposuction procedure. You should check your weight with your pre-procedure weight. You may find you are retaining fluid. This is common and may need a diuretic to eliminate the extra fluid.
When you use the body jet, you use and remove a lot more fluid. We usually record only the amount of fat we removed after it has separated. Therefore, if the 500cc was the amount after it separated, then it is all fat. If 500cc was the total in the canister, only about 20 - 30%...