Steer clear of alcohol when you are recovering from liposuction. Alcohol inhibits the skin's healing capacity and can cause complications for you after a liposuction surgery. You can speed up your recovery period by drinking tons of water after having liposuction surgery.

If you want to avoid any infection to your body, you should be firm about keeping to the instruction of the doctor. Change and wash your compression garments as often you are directed to. Avoid using a hot or ice packs on the areas of your body that have had fat taken out of in order to enhance healing.

A lot of people know that liposuction is the process of removal of fat from the body but very few know about the procedure. It is a form of surgery that ranges from minor to major and is carried out by creating incision on the affected areas. A tool called cannula is passed into the surgery site to break up fat and then suction machine is used to drain the fat.

The incisions made in the course of liposuction cause scaring. The effect depends on the degree of fat removed from the body. The number of incisions of the body determines the severity of the surgery. Scarring is not permanent. It fades after some weeks or months.

Abdominal injury is common where big cannulas are used for liposuction. In some case the injury is not diagnosed until after infection. Some patients begin to bleed non-stop.

Liposuction is a procedure that is restricted to certain category of people. Not everyone is eligible for a liposuction surgery. You need to be sure that you meet a fair number of the requirements that make you a likely candidate for a liposuction surgery before you have one.

There may be several things that can interfere with your liposuction surgery. Your surgery may be delayed if you develop a skin infection before the operation. Having the flu or cold some days before your liposuction surgery may also cause a delay in the surgery.