Cosmetic Surgery Info

What Recovery Time Is Usually Required Following Liposuction

No two people recover on the same schedule, but as a general guide, if you liposuctions cuts were sewn, the stitches will be taken out a week after the operation. Bruises due to liposuction begin to disappear after three or more weeks. With ultra sound assisted liposuction, bruises will take about six weeks to leave. Swelling caused by liposuction begins to subside the first week following surgery. A feeling of numbness on the body part treated will take about three months to correct itself.

You should wait until your liposuction wound heals before you have sexual relations. You can plan on having a regular schedule of activities after about a month following liposuction. Basically, if there are no other major complication, the time you will need to recover and to stay away from work will actually depend on your overall health and the amount of liposuction you had performed. If you had liposuction in a small area doner by your cosmetic plastic surgeon, you can plan on being back to work within a few days. If you had a bigger area treated, you will need, at least, three weeks to recuperate before going back to work.

Ultra sound assisted liposuction needs two full weeks of rest without going back to work to properly recover. Healing time following liposuction depends on the spot that was treated to liposuction, the amount of fat that was removed and your general health before you went into surgery. Some people heal quicker than others and the location of the bruising and its extent might be a factor in deciding when to return to normal work activities. Even for the smallest liposuction surgery, a few days off from work should be planned upon as a general rule.