Pain with lipo

Are you in a compression garment? If not, you need to be. You will feel so much better. Massaging is not a good idea. The tissue is damaged and needs to heal itself.

I had fat grafting the Friday before you (Dec. 19th) and I agree, the donor sites are painful. Mine are six places on my abdomen. The first three or four days were the worst. When I was sitting still, there was no pain, but when I stood up I got a rush of pain that had me shouting, "Chit, chit, chit!!" as I tried to straighten up. I'm 8 days post op and it's much better. I still feel it some when I stand, but I've stopped cursing! I'd say it's about 70% better. By the way, I haven't taken any pain drugs except for Tylenol the first two days. After that I quit because it only hurt when I stood so there was no point medicating for pain that wasn't there.

I have no bruising on my abdomen at all. I had none on my chest for the first 5 days, but now see some yellow bruises. I'm wearing a surgical bra but it doesn't have compression. My plastic surgeon said it shouldn't have any compression since it was trying to establish a blood supply to support the injected fat. I have 7 tiny holes on my chest and two on my left side where the fat was injected. Each are closed with a very thin self absorbing stitch. My donor sites have no sutures.

I have an elastic band about 12" tall that wraps around my abdomen from just below my breasts down to the top of my legs. It's kept tight and taken off only to shower. It feels better when it's tight.

I have another incision about 4 inches long on my left side and going onto my back. A "mudflap" was removed and I had scar revision. due to many scars from 6 breast surgeries. Other then some stinging once in awhile, I don't feel a thing there.

Hmmm, that is a problem. You don't want compression on your chest but you really NEED it on the donor sites. I've read so much on the subject and you heal better and faster with compression of donor sites.