After the operation, the patient must wear an elastic dressing band for as long as prescribed by the surgeon; the band will reduce the post-operative swelling as much as possible: swelling and bruising will disappear within a few weeks; although an initial result is noticeable even after a few weeks, to see the final result of liposuction it is necessary to wait 3 months from the day of the surgery.

The stitches will be removed after a week and the patient can return to normal activities after a few days, always depending on the extent of the surgery. The pain of the first days after surgery will be easily controlled with common anti-inflammatory drugs. In order to optimise the results of liposuction surgery, it is strongly recommended to book a series of lymphatic drainage massages for a few days and resume as soon as possible the sports activity.

The classical scars of the abdominoplasty are around the naval and over the pubis, just below the bikini line. In cases of massive weight loss and an extensive amount of extra skin to be removed, the surgeon might advise performing a “fleur de Lys” Abdominoplasty, which involves an extra vertical scar from below your sternum to the pubis.