Preparing for Your Liposuction

Prior to your liposuction, you should make some plans for your recovery. It is best to arrange for a few days off from work. We will give you prescriptions for pain medicine and this will help you remain comfortable. We suggest that people put aside some books and magazines to read and perhaps some DVDs, so their first day or two at home will be relaxing with entertainment easily at hand.

Your plastic surgeon will examine you prior to your procedure. Depending on your age and health status, we will send you for some lab work and possibly to your regular general physician to evaluate you prior to surgery. Liposuction is a small procedure and recovery is usually quick and easy. But it is still surgery, and we work to maximize your safety by taking the entire process very seriously.

Try to avoid overexposure to the sun before your liposuction, especially to the areas we are planning to treat. This also is not the time to go on a strict diet, as good nutrition prior to surgery helps you heal better and more quickly. If you develop a cold or infection of any kind please let us know, so we can decide if this will affect your procedure.

You should not take aspirin, or aspirin-like medicines, for two weeks before your procedure. We will give you a detailed list of medicines to avoid before surgery. You usually can take all of your prescription medicines before liposuction, but we will review your specific medicines with you in detail and let you know if there are any concerns.

You should arrange for someone to drive you home after your surgery, and to help you out for a day or so, if needed. And don't forget to start looking for the new clothes you will soon need to fit onto your newly refined shape!

For more information about Southern California Liposuction, please contact this Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon at 310-550-6300 or email us.

Content courtesy of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons