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Body Contouring/Liposuction
What are the risks?

With an experienced surgeon, most patients do not suffer any major difficulties following body-contouring surgery.

Bleeding can occur with any operation. If you are taking aspirin or another anti-inflammatory medicine, it may be a good idea to discontinue these for several weeks before the operation. You should discuss this with your surgeon and GP. Bruising and swelling are common after surgery, especially following liposuction. Both will settle as you recover from your operation.

Occasionally bleeding can occur after surgery that can result in a collection of blood under the skin. This is called a haematoma. Your surgeon may need to take you back to the operating theatre to deal with this problem by removing the haematoma and sealing up any leaking blood vessels. This may necessitate a further general anaesthetic. Conversely, a seroma is a simple fluid collection which can be treated in the clinic by simple aspiration with a needle.

We may need to treat minor infections with a short course of antibiotics. Complications relating to the wound such as skin breakdown are uncommon and rarely serious.

Sometimes, minor issues such as areas of localised swelling, irregularity or bumps at either end of the scar detract from the cosmetic outcome; we may recommend further surgery to deal with these problems.

After skin-tightening surgery, scars will inevitably remain. These usually become pale and white with time, but very occasionally, a hard, red, elevated scar may need further treatment to improve its appearance.

Skin sensation may be altered by skin-tightening surgery or liposuction. Most often, this numbness or hypersensitivity improves with time but this is not always the case.

If you are undergoing surgery to both sides of your body, we will plan the procedure carefully to give the best chance of symmetry. However, one side of the body may respond better than the other and you may occasionally notice differences between the two sides. Your surgeon may recommend additional treatment if this is the case.

 

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