Liposuction Care

There are some instructions may be used after the liposuction and these are different for the various liposuction. Some of them are as follows

• The pads should be changed every 8 to 12 hours awaiting you stop leak.
• A careful history of your weight, diet and exercise will be important.
• The surgeon should advise on how soon the patient can resume normal activity.
• During the consultation, your surgeon will talk with you about the changes you would like to make in your appearance.
• Open-Drainage Open-Drainage after tumescent liposuction refers to the technique for maximizing the drainage of blood-tinged tumescent solution by 1) using small adits which are tiny round holes made by skin-biopsy punch to facilitate postoperative drainage, 2) placing adits in strategic locations in order to maximize gravity-assisted drainage, 3) allowing the adits to remain open instead of being closed with sutures.
• Before liposuction, take the references that the doctor has treated. After liposuction take the medicines in an appropriate manner. Do not leave antibiotics with out the doctor’s advice. Also take due care that you do not go in sun to dry your skin out post liposuction.
• Please notify our Baltimore area office if you develop a cold or any other illness prior to liposuction surgery.

Common Care while going through Liposuction

• we are able to offer our patients rejuvenation in areas that were previously the domain of plastic surgery, and much too expensive and risky for most people to even consider.
  
• Please make arrangements for autologous blood donation, if necessary.
• After liposuction the patient will expect elastic bandages wrapped around the treated body part to help control the swelling.To carry out the saddle bags liposuction procedure, the plastic surgeon inserts a small hollow tube called the cannula to suction out the fat by making few incisions in the skin.
  It is very important to perform the plastic surgery from a board certified plastic surgeon to achieve the desired results and to minimize the complications.
• The plastic surgeons at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California are board certified and expert in the field of plastic surgery.
• It is very important to follow the pre operative care instructions given by the plastic surgeon to get the best results for saddlebag liposuction surgery.
• You may be placed in compression garments after your surgery and you will need to follow your plastic surgeon's instructions as to when they can be safely removed.