Thigh & Buttock Lift in Sydney – Recovery

What should you expect after a thigh & buttock lift in Sydney?

Most thigh & buttock lift procedures are performed with the plan of an overnight stay in hospital. This ensures your safety after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney. Most patients will have small drains in their thighs when they wake up, to prevent the build up of fluid. The drains will stay in until there is only a small amount of fluid coming out of them; this typically takes about a week, although it can be longer or shorter in some patients. The removal of the drains is generally quick and not painful.

Side effects that may occur after a thigh & buttock lift in Sydney

In the first 24 hours, it is normal to expect the following symptoms:-

•    Drowsiness
•    Dry throat
•    Nausea (possibly)
•    Discomfort and stiffness

Pain control after your thigh & buttock lift

The local anaesthetic helps with pain control for the first evening, but has usually worn off by the following morning.This is usually the time when patients feel the most soreness. Regularly taking paracetamol and anti inflammatories for the first few days after the operation is important in minimising your discomfort and need for stronger pain killers.

You will wake up with a surgical or post operative compression garment on, and you should wear one at all times in the first six weeks after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney. This helps reduce swelling, and the amount of fluid in the drains (so they come out earlier), and helps compress the fat that has been lipo-aspirated.

Once you are comfortable moving around your room, you will be discharged home with a prescription for pain relief and antibiotics. You will take these medications for a few days after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney.

Return to activity after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney

Your thighs and buttocks will feel stiff at first, but this does improve each day. Most people can return to an office job within about two weeks. Gently walking is the only exercise you should plan on doing for the first few weeks, and it will take six to eight weeks before you will feel well enough to return to the gym or restart running.

Your body will tell you (with pain) if you are trying too soon. When you feel pain, it’s important that you back off and wait a few days before trying that activity again, rather than “pushing through the pain.” Allowing time for your body to heal will result in the fewest complications from your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney.

Follow up after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney

You will be asked to see Dr Gavin Sandercoe for several follow up appointments to ensure that your body is healing well from the procedure. This also allows your Specialist Plastic Surgeon in Sydney to treat any complications that occur. You will have appointments scheduled at one week and three weeks with our practice nurse, and three and twelve months with Dr Gavin Sandercoe after your thigh & buttock lift in Sydney. Some procedures may require longer follow up. If there are any problems, we want to hear from you and sort it out as soon as possible!