Activity during recovery from liposuction:
Liposuction can have fantastic results in patients of all ages and body types. Dr. Azouz routinely performs liposuction on the neck, lateral breast and axilla, chest, abdomen, flanks, iliac rolls, thighs, legs, calves, buttocks, banana roll, muffin top, saddle bags, love handles, and back. Patients who are young and healthy often have quicker recovery times. The best liposuction results are seen in patients who pick the right surgeon, are non-smokers, and who are compliant with post-operative guidelines. Light activity including light jogging, aerobic exercise, golf, heavy walking, elliptical, and light yoga can be routinely started at 2-3 weeks after surgery. Heavy activity, including basketball, skydiving, trampoline, football, heavy yoga, tennis, hockey, and swimming are best delayed until 6 weeks after surgery. Lifting weights is restricted up to 3 weeks after surgery. Dr. Azouz will guide the patient as to when to increase the amount of weight to be lifted. It is recommended that students avoid carrying heavy books and computers. A good way to do this is with a rolling bag or by having a friend carry heavy books and binders.
Bruising/Swelling/Pain after Liposuction:
Bruising and swelling are limited by compression garments, which are worn after surgery. Dr. Azouz’s technique in surgery and guidelines after surgery also help to reduce pain. There are many patients who only take a few pain pills, if any, after surgery. Dr. Azouz does not routinely recommend taking antibiotics after liposuction surgery.
Incisions for Liposuction:
Dr. Azouz strives to hide the scars with liposuction and minimize their size as much as possible. The goal is for natural and striking results whereby others cannot recognize that a patient has had aesthetic surgery. This entails hiding the incisions in the male escutcheon, the female mons/groin, around the areola, in other natural folds of the skin and other hidden locations.
Herbals and Hydration after Liposuction:
Dr. Azouz does not routinely recommend taking herbal medications. Hydration is very important after liposuction. Dr. Azouz individually guides his patients as to how much to drink and how to follow hydration using the body’s natural cues.
Large Volume and Revision Liposuction:
Patients who have large volume or revision liposuction sometimes require additional techniques to improve contour irregularities or uneven fat removal. At any time up to a third of the new patients seen by Dr. Azouz have had liposuction performed by a different surgeon and require revision surgery.
