The success of any plastic surgery depends on many factors, and postoperative well as proper care is essential in this regard.
This note can obtain information about post-operative liposuction and important care you have to look after the intervention.
After liposuction is normal during the first 24 to 48 hours of opening of bloody fluid drained out, feel pain of varying intensity, drowsiness, and rising temperatures.
In the days following surgery, the doctor will remove the drains and indicates the use of restraint belts or average, time their use will depend on the case. Once you close wounds stitches are removed and the treatment begins with gentle lymphatic drainage and from the second week, precedes with a massage therapy modelers.
Postoperative care:
- The first 24 hours of rest must be absolute, 4 or 5 days of rest are relative.
- In cases where liposuction is performed in the lower body, you have to walk for short periods of 2 hours a day and at the end, rest with legs elevated.
- In the first few weeks must apply gentle massages ointments prescribed by a doctor, and start with lymphatic drainage.
- After removing the essential points is a root node and modeling and kneading massage for a minimum of two consecutive months. The type of massage is needed as the treatment time depends on the case, so it is important that the therapist is in contact with the surgeon who performed the procedure.
- Compression stockings or strips must be used for a month and a half, taking care not to form folds to prevent adhesions.
- No standing or sitting for a long time, no sudden exercise or high-impact activities like jumping, running, aerobics, horse riding, etc.
- Avoid sun exposure for the duration of hematomas, and six weeks ago, the scars do not have to be in contact with the sun to avoid staining.
- For physical activity, this depends on the extent and area where the liposuction was performed, from the month following the surgery may carry out activities that do not involve jumping or efforts.