Ideally, you will take a shower with gentle soap, treating your incision sites with care by washing each one gently with mild soap and rinsing well. How many weeks you should wait after your surgery will depend on the type of surgery you had.
If your incision has not healed, regardless of the type of procedure you had, you should avoid bathing or swimming. If your incision isn't completely closed, or there is an obvious gap in your incision where an area of the incision hasn't closed, do not soak in a bath or go swimming. If you have a cast on your leg, soaking in a bathtub would be a bad idea.
After laparoscopic surgery , also known as minimally invasive surgery, you can take a bath and swim once the tape strips holding the incision closed have fallen off and the incision has completely closed. If your incisions have fully closed, you can take a bath without fear of hurting your incision.
If they have not, you are at risk of allowing bacteria into your body. If you had an open procedure, with the larger traditional incision, you will want to wait until your surgeon removes the staples holding the incision closed before you take a bath. This typically happens about two weeks after surgery. If you have any gaps in your incision, you must wait until they are closed to swim or take a bath. Some surgeries require postponing bathing for an extended period of time.
After a hysterectomy , for example, the patient should refrain from taking baths for a minimum of four weeks, and the same is true for swimming.
When in doubt, protect your incision. If you aren't sure it is safe to take a bath, go for a swim or hop in a lake don't do it. In general, if your incision has completely closed you can submerge it in water. The risk is largely present when your incision is still closing but remember that a prolonged soak can weaken the newly healed tissue. It would be wise to avoid potentially contaminated water, such as ponds, lakes and even community hot tubs until you have completely healed from surgery and are back to all of your normal activities.
Sign up for our Health Tip of the Day newsletter, and receive daily tips that will help you live your healthiest life. Early versus delayed post-operative bathing or showering to prevent wound complications. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. American College of Surgeons.
Wound home skills kid: surgical wounds. In the meantime, make sure you keep up with a healthy lifestyle to help you maintain your ideal body image. One of the best things you can do to improve your recovery from liposuction is to take your medications. When it comes time to take more medication as instructed by your surgeon, stick through the whole plan. While some soreness or discomfort is expected with any procedure, you should not be in extreme amounts of pain.
Wearing a compression garment all the time during the first few days after your recovery can be inconvenient. We understand that, but you must wear the garment exactly as your surgeon recommended. Remember: these garments will help reduce swelling and bruising and improve your recovery as well as help maintain your ideal shape.
You may also have elastic bandages around your incision area. Although it is a relatively minor cosmetic operation, liposuction is still a surgical procedure, so you need to give your body time to heal before you jump back into the daily grind.
Plan to take a few days off work. Also, prepare for someone else to handle your other daily obligations, including household tasks and even driving. They should also give you a date when you may resume other normal activities, including driving and sex.
During resting and recovering, take care of your incisions. Any surgical incision can become a site of potential infection , so you must avoid this. Infection can turn into a very dangerous complication. Use any antibiotic your surgeon prescribes as ordered. The cleaner you keep these, the less visible the scarring becomes, so stay aware of drainage in the first few days after surgery. If your incisions become red, swollen, or warm, or if they start to bleed, open, or drain an excessive amount of fluid, call your lipo practice immediately.
Some potential complications may occur after liposuction. The riskiest of these include an infection that could turn into sepsis and a blood clot that could become a pulmonary embolism. These complications are rare but serious, so call your surgeon if you notice any of the following symptoms:. The symptoms above can all indicate possible infection, blood clot, or a pulmonary embolism.
If these occur, seek medical attention immediately. While there is a small risk of scarring, liposuction scars are usually hard to find. The incisions your surgeon will make during the procedure will be about as long as your pinky fingernail is wide.
If you follow the wound care instructions your surgeon gives you after the procedure, you should recover with minimal scarring. But as mentioned, it can take several months for the swelling to subside completely. You should see your final liposuction results about three months after your procedure. As with any medical procedure, surgeons advise avoiding smoking and drinking before and after your liposuction treatment. This will help improve the rate and quality of healing and reduce your chance of complications.
Smoking increases the chance of infection because it decreases blood flow. Alcohol can dry out your skin, which means the surgeon will have a more difficult time stitching your skin back together. Drinking alcohol also changes your blood chemistry. Depending on the surgeon, they may even refuse to operate on you, which can mean lost time and money.
So, avoid alcohol and smoking for a few weeks before and after your procedure will help your recovery and overall well-being. Even though the incisions are small and close quickly, they can still become infected. The doctors at Cosmos Clinic provide patients with detailed post-surgery instructions on how best to recovery from certain procedures.
It is important to take these in account, but we do encourage those patients to listen to their own body too. On average, it takes about two weeks for the wounds to heal after liposuction surgery. Post-surgery, the doctor discusses with the patient how to best care for their surgical sites and avoid any infection.
As well as helping healing and swelling, the compression garments do protect any wounds and stitches from moving or being overly exposed. Keeping them dry, well dressed and avoiding soaking the wounds will also maintain the health of any incisions.
A lymphatic drainage massage and or heat massage may be arranged one-five days after the procedure with an onsite massage therapist or nurse. This specific massage is designed to treat any swelling and lumpiness by moving the lymphatic fluid from the surgical area.
The doctor will remove any stitches and drains from the patient after the area has healed. It is important to contact the doctor in the event the wounds are red, swollen, bleeding, starting to open or draining excess fluid. At Cosmos Clinic will we not proceed with any cosmetic procedures for those patients who are not committed to the aftercare regime arranged.
It is vital for the healing process and for optimal long-term results that the recovery recommendations are followed. On average, patients will undergo post op treatments from 1 day after the liposuction procedure. This includes wound assessment, body shape assessment and lymphatic, heat or ultrasound massage depending on the type of liposuction surgery.
It is important recipients remain patient as the body recovers from liposuction surgery and the new look is revealed.
Patients may express swelling and perhaps even bruising and the amount of time it takes for the body to recover will depend on the individual as well as the type of liposuction procedure undertaken.
Patients will eventually be able to take a bath, soak in a hot tub or swim in a pool, but it is important to avoid exposing the wounds and getting them wet initially.
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