60 Year Old Getting Tickle Lipo - Lombard, IL

So sorry for your experience. You have to remember to give it a full 4-6 months for the final results, so don't give up. It is good that you've lost weight - just be patient and those lumps and bumps should disappear. Do you massage daily? I have doing this since the revision and it has helped immensely.

Be patient. What your stating most have experienced. The garment can be uncomfortable but I actually felt better with it on as opposed to when you first take it off. I started exercising @ day ten which I think helped too. It was like 2 steps forward 1 back as you might feel sore but I felt like I got to my life quicker. At three months is when I saw the great results but it can take up to 6. I heard that in the fat suction areas other cells can be injured and slowly work there way out through the bodies own natural process. Hang in there.

I had my procedure with Dr. Zelko in January. It was a few months after my tickle lipo procedure before everything felt "smoothed" out under the skin. Definitely seemed like it helped to massage the treated areas.

I too had lipo done in December 2014 and it's almost 7 months since my procedure. I felt so much pain for about the first week and half and I honestly felt like "WHY DID I DO THIS?" Now I feel fantastic. I lost a total of 23 pounds, although honestly I gained back about 8 pounds but I'm holding steady at 150 and I'm 5'7". I can tell that when all the swelling and bruising goes away you will be happy but there is one slight catch. I noticed that if I eat really fatty foods that it seems to accumulate and build up in the "bumps" on my tummy. If I behave and eat healthy the bumps seem to smooth out a little bit but honestly I think it's all what I eat that makes a difference. I don't think it was a waste of money. in fact, I'm super glad I did it.

Yes I do remember chills,,I could not get warm enough. (As long as you don't have a fever.) In fact I had that for a while off & on. I think it's just our bodies recouping after loss of fluids. Have some warm milk, or herbal tea. Actually I have a book on Lipo. It mentions not to have caffeine. (But I didn't get the book from Amzon until 3 days ago!!! I ordered it just before procedure.)But anyway got to have coffee, at least a cup in the morning!! Just drink a lot if fluids. Yes, LifeIsGood you'll have pain there for 2 weeks. Then it will start getting better, then it will get hard. but if the pain is real conserning don't hesitate to call PS for sure!!! Feel better!!!!

I wear a cami too, it's so much more comfortable with something tucked in it!!! That thing is irratating, I had a little rash from that thing against my skin!!! I prefer cotton.

No, I never had chills just itching.

I was bloated, also, and had no appetite due to the compression garment. I had a hard time with compression garment after the initial surgery because it left a terrible crease above my belly button that did not ever go away and the PS switched me to spanx. I think that is why I did not initially get the outcome I wanted. I just had a revision on the 18th and was once again put in the compression garment - I asked for some foam to be put inside it against my stomach so this did not happen, but they did not offer it. When I took my shower today my stomach looked swollen, bruised and very uneven. I came up with the bright idea of cutting my husbands memory foam mattress topper and placing the smooth side against my stomach under the garment - OMG - my stomach looks better than it ever did before - why didn't I think of this when I had my initial surgery and maybe I wouldn't have had to do the revision? Dah!!! I, also, use Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula with Vitamin E skin therapy oil several times a day on my stomach - the initial surgical sites are almost invisible - I would recommend this oil highly - the skin feels tight and after you put it on it feels so good - I am now using it on the new sites. Do you have any foam on the inside of your compression garment? Try getting some memory foam and give it a try - it really made a difference for me. Are you wearing your compression garment 24/7? M PS told me that I only had to wear mine for the first week, but another lady on here was told to wear it for a month and her results are amazing - that is what I am going to do. I've paid over $6000 and I want the best results possible. She was younger than me (in her 30's, I'm 55). Also, it is very important to walk to get rid of the fluid build-up and drink plenty of water, avoid salt. Hang in there - they call this a non invasive procedure - they lied. It is very invasive and takes a long time to heal - I was still sore at almost the 7 month post-op before the revision. Hang in there - it gets better and most of all be patient.

At first in the Hospital I was hungry, I ate a good dinner there. Then I was constipated from the Percocet, then I went off that after 3 days and Everytime I ate after that I had a BM. It's been steady like that. I lost 7 lbs. in less than 2 weeks. Then this past Thurs. The one night we finaly go out I get wicked cramps & made a couple trips to the ladies room, I had cramps Fri. & Sat also. I don't know if it was a side effect from tumescent lipo or what?? But it made me feel tiered, all that pooping!! I see my PS tomorrow. But my appitite curbed when I was cramping. Today I ate good, I stayed away from coffee, to see how I'd do. So far so good. That garment I had to take off last night because of my stomach cramps. I could not take that pressure on my stomach with cramping. It's been on all day though & hopefully tonight. I have to wear it for 6 weeks!!! Since my bruising has gone done, the garment is easier to wear now. But it was a horror with zippers on both sides because I had my saddles done too. But it's so important to wear that thing, so we don't sag!! I put a cotton cami on and tuck it in so it doesn't irritate my skin!!!! The bloating thing...stay away from foods with salt. I cut my salt way down. But my legs are still swollen. Do you have a massager? Not for now, your sore, but later to dissipate your swelling and lumping. Feel better soon!!