I want a new tattoo and my old ones touched up. How long should I wait to get a tattoo? (Not on the new scars!) I have no wound or scabbing left from the surgeries but of course I'm still recovering. Is it safe to get a small tattoo on eg my wrist or ankle yet?
6 weeks after lower body lift (belt liptectomy) I still have significant swelling, mainly from incision line down, around the incision line itself the swelling has decreased to within 1 inch of my previous waist size. But my hips/thighs are large enough I am currently wearing pants 1-2 size larger and still snug. Is the swelling in the thighs and legs normal? I am wearing Spanz compression tshirt that my physician recommended, but I am also wearing my abdominal binder periodically for lumbar.
i am 6 weeks post circumferential body lift. I developed a large seroma in my lower ab/pubic are , PS was able to drain out 500 ml and placed a new JP drain. It has been one week and my fluid out put is 75 ml in 24 hour period. I have compression garment on but feel swollen in lower ab/pubic area. I had someone suggest to me to lay flat in bed and place a flat 5 pound weight on the lower ab and see if it helps. Is this safe/effective?
I had LBL, BA and Brachioplasty six weeks ago but I'm very unhappy with my results. My buttocks are so flat and my arms, thighs and buttocks are somehow loose. My PS is specialized in body contouring after WL and he said that he couldn't pull me any tighter but I feel that he could've done better. Is it going to be firmer in three months? Will my buttocks get back to their round shape? Thanks
I had a belt lipectomy and arm lift done about 6 weeks ago. Now I have what would appear to be these white plastic U shaped things trying to work itself out of my skin. My incisions are healed. These white U shaped pieces are just under the skins surface. I can see them and feel them, if I touch them. What are these white pieces called? Do they dissolve or do I need to have them removed?