Plastic Surgery Compression Garments
They come in all sizes, can cover you from your knees to your neck and fit almost as snugly as your own skin.
Some are nothing more than large bands.
Plastic surgeons prescribe them but not all surgeons like, or use, them.
When used correctly, they continue working for anywhere from a couple of days to a week or longer after your cosmetic surgery procedure.
They are plastic surgery compression garments.
The tight-fitting garments can be as much a part of your plastic surgery procedure as any of the doctor’s surgical tools and help with:
- Scar reduction
- Quicker healing
- Promoting blood circulation
- Minimizing swelling
- Keeping breast implants in the correct position
Compression garments were first used on liposuction after the surgeon used thin, hollow tubes, known as canula to make equally small tunnels through fat deposits.
But in the most recent version of surgical fat reduction, laser liposuction, a few practitioners say patients do not need compression garments because the laser procedure melts, not sucks out, fat.
But in tumescent liposuction — considered the gold standard for most of today’s liposuction procedures — wearing a compression garment after the procedure collapses the tunnels and makes the treated area look leaner and more trim.
The garments also squeeze body fluids, fat and blood out of your body that otherwise would have been absorbed and processed by your immune system.
Hence, the quicker healing, provided the liposuction surgeon uses open drainage.
Other types of plastic surgery patients are often prescribed different types of compression garments which are tailored for certain surgeries including:
- Male chest reduction
- Neck lifts
- Chin augmentation
- Face Lifts
- Tummy tucks
- Body shaping
The compression garment stocked or recommend by your plastic surgeon is a medical grade garment that does not contain spandex.
Some plastic surgeon bloggers have reported that a few patients, trying to save a couple of bucks, used a tight fitting piece of clothing instead.
Unfortunately, not any old girdle will do the job!
Primarily, medical grade compression garments are designed to be worn 24/7 for up to two weeks or longer.
For instance, one thoughtful design modification puts seams on the outside of the garment.
admin @ August 14, 2009