Recovery and Healing after Liposuction

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Recovery and Healing after Liposuction

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• Liposuction also known as lipo is a cosmetic
  surgery that helps to remove excess body fat.
  There are a number of techniques used by surgeons
  to loosen the bodys fat before removing begins.
  These are laser, super wet, ultrasound, tumescent
  and other power-assisted techniques. The recovery
  process is the same no matter whether a patient
  undergoes ultrasonic liposuction, laser
  liposuction or any other surgical procedure.
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• Liposuction surgery is generally performed using
  either local or general anaesthesia. This affects
  the recovery time immediately after the surgery
  .General anaesthesia is used on patients who are
  undergoing extensive liposuction with other
  procedures such as breast augmentation or tummy
  tuck. When only liposuction is being done,
  surgeons use local anaesthesia.

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• Patients who are recovering from liposuction
  surgery conducted under local anaesthesia dont
  experience the groggy after effects associated
  with general anaesthesia. However a number of
  sedatives and pain medications prescribed for use
  during and after liposuction may cause dizziness,
  nausea and light-headedness. Therefore it is
  recommended that no matter which anaesthesia has
  been used, patients should avoid driving for some
  time.
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• After liposuction surgery, the first few days of
  the recovery period may be quite messy. This
  happens because anaesthetic and other fluids leak
  from the port sites or small holes made by the
  device (known as cannula) that physically removes
  the excess fat from the body. Many surgeons
  advise wearing absorbent pads until the leakage
  subside. This prevents stains on bed linens or
  clothes.

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• Bruising and swelling occur immediately after the
  surgery and may take few weeks to subside
  completely. Bruising would resolve within several
  weeks, but swelling may last for four to six
  months. This is the main reason that the final
  outcome of the surgery cannot be judged until
  around four to six months.
• The area where the surgery has been done may feel
  hard and numb for three months. Its advisable to
  visit a doctor if there is prolonged localized
  swelling and firmness which may indicate the
  formation of a seroma a type of fluid pocket
  which would be drained by the doctor.

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• Barring infections or any other complications,
  complete recovery after liposuction surgery takes
  about six months. A number of patients have
  reported resuming light activity and going back
  to work one week after surgery. Sports and other
  types of vigorous activities can be resumed after
  a month of recovery.
• The surgeon may recommend some tips to optimise
  the healing process and to ensure that the best
  possible results are achieved. The surgeon may
  ask the patient to wear a compression garment
  which is quite similar to girdle, usually for two
  to four weeks after the surgery.
• Follow your surgeons instructions during the
  recovery process after liposuction Sydney is the
  place to search for some of the most renowned
  surgeons throughout Australia.

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• In some cases of breast augmentations, the level
  of sagging is much better than any type of a
  mound scar. In other cases, women desire to
  improve the sagging is more and scars are usually
  acceptable. It is important to give proper
  education about scars in Mastopexies.
• If you are looking forward to get plastic
  surgery, then Sydney is the place to search for
  renowned plastic surgeons. Apart from breast lift
  and breast implants, cosmetic surgeries include
  face lift, abdominoplasty, brow lift, chin
  augmentation and liposuction Sydney is famous for
  its cosmetic surgery medical clinics.

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