r/liposuctionsurgery

Hey everyone! I’m almost 3 weeks post-lipo and curious what your lymphatic drainage massages were actually like. Post-op massage isn’t very common in my country, and my massage therapist isn’t sure about the proper technique for someone recovering from lipo.
Would really appreciate hearing about your experiences:
How long were your sessions, and how much time was spent on each area?
Was it super light pressure or more of a firm massage? What did the movements feel like?
Did they focus on the areas that had lipo or work on other parts of your body too?
How often did you go, and how did you feel afterward—less swollen, sore, etc.?
Any descriptions or links to videos that match what your therapist did would be really helpful. Thanks!

Hi,

I had arm and upper back liposuction about a week ago under local - 22f, 64kg 163cm and about 850ml/900ml of fat was taken out.

Now I understand that swelling is a thing and it takes time however, every time I see my back it doesn’t look any different or at least not what I was hoping. I notice that my arms are abit smaller but that’s about it. Im lowkey just sad as shit.

Any advice would be great, and at what point do I ask for a revision.

Thanks :)

Hi everyone,

I'm a 35F 1 month post-op chin liposuction, do my massages daily and wear the compression garment at night. I have two main concerns:

1. My skin along my jaw line does not seem taut or retracted yet, can anyone share their expected time frame on when this occurs? I know swelling is intermittent in this process but it looks like loose skin and I never had poor skin quality or tissue laxity before this. I know there have been several posts about this, but if you look closely many respondents are bots with 1 single comment paraphrasing another response and therefore it's hard to gauge the amount of people with similar experiences.
2. I have firm, spongy-like soft tissue swelling under my chin. It first showed up ~2 weeks post-op and it hasn't gotten away, and only intermittently "shrinks" after massage and compression overnight but becomes just as firm and large throughout the following 12 hours and seems like an endless cycle that hasn't improved. I'm worried this is early fibrosis or will turn into more permanent fibrosis. Has anyone had this issue, and how did you resolve it? Posts I've seen only list a few focal lumps and bumps that are easily massaged away.

Thank you!