Liposculpture abdomen, waist, hips, outer thighs

Tomorrow will be 4 weeks since my surgery so I thought I would write an update.
After 1 week Dr. Hall had me switch to lighter compression garments. I went to Nordstrom and got several spanx to wear. So I've been wearing those 24/7. Dr. Hall says to only wear them for 1 week but based on everything I've read and in talking to others I decided to continue wearing them for 6-8 weeks. I actually kind of like wearing the spanx! Never thought I would say that.
As far as my body goes, I feel really good. I'm back to my full workouts. I was able to do that starting at 3 weeks. I don't have any pain. Some tenderness in a couple areas on my abdomen. Numbness is still present to all areas treated, but that doesn't bother me at all.
The swelling is funny. Some days it's fine and others I get a little swollen, mostly in my lower abdomen/mons pubis area. I'm still experiencing some unevenness, this is more prominent when I have a little swelling so I know it's not permanent. I know this can continue for several months so I'm not super concerned.
The incision sites are healing well. I am applying scar gel daily to make sure they heal without leaving scars as I tend to scar easily.
Lipo is not a weight loss surgery, so I am on my own personal mission to lose 5-7# so that my upper body will look proportional to my new lower body. Once I lose the weight I will reassess and see if I want to go back and get my upper back and arms done.
I have an appointment scheduled for 3 months post op to take after pictures. So once I get those I will post my before and afters.
I'm really happy with everything and I'm happy to answer any questions!

Today is 1 week since my surgery. I'm feeling very good! Haven't taken any analgesics in several days.
I Saw Dr. Hall for follow up today. He said I'm looking better than is expected at this point. He told me to expect some increased swelling this week. Which I have started noticing at my lower abdomen. He also wants me to switch to a less aggressive compression garment. I can't wait to get out of this thing! I ordered a couple on Amazon, and I got them today. The maiden form is comfortable but doesn't have rough compression at the lowest part of my abdomen for my taste. The other one I ordered is good except the leg openings are super tight :( might return and get a size up.
Dr. Hall said I could go to the gym to walk on the treadmill but not increase my HR. Just happy to be able to get to the gym starting tomorrow.
Oh, the swelling at my legs has gone down and the calf pain is all gone!

Felt pretty good today. Almost forgot to take ibuprofen as the pain is very tolerable now. It's mostly just discomfort, similar to sore muscles from a good workout. Only thing to update is that yesterday I started having some calf pain but no other symptoms that might worry me (localized swelling, redness, warmth, pain on flexion, shortness of breath) so I just monitored it. I did have a good amount of bilateral lower extremity edema so I elevated my feet for much of the day. Which helped. But then we went to dinner and I sat with my feet on the ground for 3 hours and by the time I got home my feet and calves were pretty swollen and my calf hurt more. I ended up texting Dr. Hall (he gives you his number and says to call him or text I'm if you have any questions or concerns) and he thought it very unlikely that it would have a dvt as I am healthy and have been active since my surgery. He hasn't had one since he started his private practice 17 years ago. That being said he obviously can't diagnose anything over the phone and encouraged me to go get an ultrasound if I was concerned. I decided to monitor overnight and see how I felt the next day. Well I woke up this morning still swollen and still having calf pain. Still no other symptoms. I ended up getting an ultrasound just to ease my mind and it came back clear, no signs of dvt. Most likely it is due to the swelling I am having in my lower legs. My calf is about 1" thicker in diameter than it normally is, so this is putting pressure on my muscles and nerves in that area. So I'm drinking lots of water and keeping my feet up as much as possible. I also got some compression socks with Dr. Hall's permission, to help with the edema.
Other than that all is good today. Good energy. Cleaned up around the house. Picked up my room. And just relaxed a bit, it is Labor Day after all :)