Chronology of the Recovery from Smart Lipo and Celluaze - Keeping it Real!

I had Smart Lipo and Cellulaze done. I am 46 years old, 5'3" and 132 lbs. I had the procedures done on May 17, 2012. This is Day 2. I was scheduled for 6:00am and left the facility at 11:00am including recovery time. I did intensive research on the procedures and opted to have them performed by a plastic surgeon. Actually, only plastic surgeons may perform Cellulaze at this time. I have no complaints about the facility and the staff. They were all great and did not make you feel rushed.

I chose to do these procedures because I want to look better in a bathing suit and would like to be able to wear shorts without thinking about the cellulite on the back of my legs. I had what they call Type 2 cellulite, it wasn't too bad but in my opinion, bad enough. I also had excessive fat in the belly area that did not budge with exercise. My Smart Lipo included full abdomen, hips, and bra saddlebags, plus the Cellulaze for the cellulite.

Day 1: I got home and felt lots of pain in the legs from the Cellulaze. On a scale from 1 to 10, the pain was an 8 on meds for about 4 hours. I had lots of leakage from the Smart Lipo but it subsided after day 1. I was up and around and the pain was actually better as I was standing. I didn't eat much and this was the biggest mistake of all. By 9:00pm EST, I actually fainted and my husband was able to catch me as dead weight. After I woke up from the faint, I stayed in bed for the rest of the night.

Day 2: I was still weak from the previous day and felt faint to use the bathroom. I was in a lot of pain in the abdomen area in the morning. No pain in the thighs and legs today. Some pain in the back. On the scale of 1-10, the abdomen pain in the morning was a 9 on no pain medication but subsided after 15 minutes once medication was taken. Tip the nurse gave me after the procedure was to take the pain medication with something warm like coffee or tea and it kicks in within 12 minutes. If you take it with water it takes 40 minutes.

Can't speak to the bruising as of yet. My surgeon does not want me to remove the garment so I am unable to see the whole body but I can tell that there is lots of bruising. To that end let me also add that I bruise easily and I was expecting this. I have been taking Arnica for bruising and Bromelain for swelling one month before the procedure. I will post pictures as soon as I am able to.