Tips for Liposuction Patients

There are a variety of things that you can be done before having liposuction, as well as during the surgical procedure and afterwards that can help to ensure that you heal as fast as possible and that you achieve the successful results that you yearn for. Working closely with the plastic surgeon your operation can provide you with the result that you are wishing for.

At your consultation you must make sure that the doctor evaluates and assesses your body as precisely as possible. You do not want him to miss anything important that he should be made aware of in the consultation. As the prospective patient you must do your part as well to call his attention to anything that needs to be mentioned before the liposuction operation is scheduled. The surgeon should become familiar with the quality of your skin, your skin tone, any stretch marks you have and asymmetries of the skin.

In many cases such things as bumps, lumps, puckers, divots and any irregularities can be avoided during the liposuction procedure if the surgeon uses the smaller rods as opposed to the larger rods. Find out ahead of time which type of rods he uses more often and which he feels are best to use on you. Many plastic surgeons use the larger rods because it makes the operation finish quicker. Feel free to discuss this aspect of the lipo process with the surgeon. You want to feel as comfortable about the procedure as possible. Large lipo rods are also more likely to be responsible for the development of fat embolisms. The smaller ones can help your recovery to be swifter.

The risk of blood clots developing in the thighs is very real for those who have liposuction. To reduce the risk tremendously one thing the doctor can do is to place compression devices on both of the legs while the surgery is taking place. While you are unconscious these compression devices will squeeze your legs in a gentle manner. They have been proven through studies to reduce the risk that blood clots will form. This is good news for the lipo patient! It is important to note that this is something that can happen to you with any surgery, not just liposuction and not just to surgery performed on the legs.

In most cases you will be injected with tumescent fluid into the area of your body being treated before the procedure gets underway. One of the components of the tumescent fluid is epinephrine which is basically the same thing as adrenaline. What adrenaline serves to do in this instance is to constrict the blood vessels and by so doing, reduce the bruising you experience following the surgical procedure. Many surgeons (and you can check with yours to find out) tend to use a concentration of one to one million parts of adrenaline. If the concentration of adrenaline is increased then the amount of bleeding and bruising will be dramatically reduced. It also lends itself to the end result being much smoother. Find out if this is a possibility for your procedure.