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I Hear That I Have To Wear A Compression Garment After My Liposuction--why?
Most doctors recomment to their patients that they wear a compression garment after their liposuction (also called lipoplasty and suction lipectomy)
. Some patients accept this news with good grace and regard it merely as a part of the healing process. Others are less pleased and wonder whether it's really necessary to wear them for the full length of time indicated. Some people just wonder what compression garments actually are.Compression garments are pieces of clothing that are worn following a lipoplasty. They are stretchy and elastic, and they are worn directly over the target area. As the name implies, they compress the area.
While it may not sound comfortable to have a tight, constricting clothing covering the area where you have just gotten a surgery, it is actually a very good idea. Compression garments help patients to heal faster, easier and more beautifully.
There are a number of reasons why doctors ask their patients to wear these special articles of clothing. One is to help assist with fluid drainage. Most modern liposuction techniques involve injecting large amounts of fluid into the target area. The introduction of these fluids improves a doctor's control and helps to minimize patient pain and trauma.
However, after the surgery, it is necessary for all of these fluids to leave the body again. The constant pressure of the compression garments helps encourage these fluids to leave the body more quickly.
A compression garment similarly can help to keep swelling to a minimum. Directly after an invasive surgery like a lipectomy, the body naturally swells as a reaction to the trauma. The pressure of the garment can help keep the swelling from reaching unhealthy or excessive levels.
Ironically, wearing a compression garment may actually be able to enhance your comfort during recovery as well. The pressure that it exerts can have a stabilizing influence. By holding things tightly in place, it can help you to avoid sudden, uncomfortable movements or pressures.
Finally, by holding things in their correct places, it can help you to acheive better aesthetic results. If things heal in the right position, they are much more likely to keep that position in the future.
For all of these reasons and more, it is very important that you wear your compression garments for the full amount of time that your doctor directs. For more in depth information, speak with your doctor. He or she can let you know everything that you'll need to know to make your recovery go as smoothly as possible.
by: Christian Heftel