Laser Lipo vs Liposuction, Post-Operation Care, Sarasota FL
www.SarasotaSurgicalArts.com Dr. Alberico Sessa 941.923.1736 for a free consultation Sarasota Surgical Arts 4143 Clark Road, Sarasota, Florida 34233 In comparing standard liposuction versus laser liposuction and the immediate post- op period, there’s really not a whole lot of difference. Most of my patients do very, very well regardless of whether they have standard lipo or laser lipo. And a lot of times, it’s combined. We do both of the procedures as one procedure. But with the proper education, wearing a compressive garment, using ice, avoiding certain types of medicines like aspirin and ibuprofen, most of my patients are back to work within one or two days. They are very, very well tolerated. You might experience a little bit of bruising but not a whole lot. Probably the biggest complaint after the surgery, after laser liposuction, is the drainage. Because when we do laser liposuction, I have to get the area numb. So, I do put in some saltwater that contains a little bit of epinephrin and a little bit of lidocaine to get the area numb and constrict the blood vessels so that we have very, very little, if any, blood loss. But when we do that, that water isn’t completely taken off, and our body reabsorbs some of it, but most of it actually will just drain off over the course of about one to two days afterwards. And that’s the reason why we wear the compressive garments, because it squeezes all of that excess fluid out, and that’s good because a lot of that carries away …