Thigh lift
Thigh lift
The stomach is slim but the thighs have still not become visibly thinner: after a diet there is often a loss of connective tissue. And unfortunately this also leads to an unsightly accumulation of excess skin on the thigh.
- Operation duration: 1 to 2 hours
- Anesthesia: general anesthesia
- Hospital stay: 1 to 2 nights
- Compression pants: 6 weeks
- Upper body training: after 2 weeks
- Showering: with disinfectant shampoo (daily)
- Sport: after 6 weeks
- Able to socialize: after 2 weeks
- Inability to work: 2 weeks
Before Surgery
- For hygienic reasons, the groin region is susceptible to infections. That's why you should wash the affected area with disinfectant soap a week before the operation. For a period of approximately 14 days before the operation, you should avoid medications that contain acetylsalicylic acid (e.g. aspirin, ASA, etc.), as these impair blood clotting.
- Except ;You should also largely avoid alcohol, cigarettes and sleeping pills. Nicotine can also reduce blood flow and delay wound healing. Therefore, avoid nicotine two weeks before the operation and also during the wound healing phase.
After Surgery
- No suture removal with self-dissolving suture material
- Showering: with disinfectant shampoo (daily)
- Compression pants: 6 weeks
- Tension of the Avoid wound edges (no opening the legs wider than the shoulder for 3 weeks)
- Thrombosis prophylaxis: for 14 days
- Upper body training: after 2 weeks< /li>
- Sport: after 6 weeks
Surgery Highlights
The thigh lift is usually performed under anesthesia. Depending on the extent During the thigh lift, a crescent-shaped incision is made in the crotch down to the buttock crease to remove the slack tissue. From there the skin is tightened. Sometimes an additional incision on the inside of the thigh may also be necessary.
Possible Risks
Any swelling and discoloration caused by bruising in the surgical area will subside after two to three weeks. In addition, there may be superficial wound healing problems in the crotch region. Sometimes a feeling of numbness develops in the area where the procedure was performed, but this goes away on its own. If there is a congestion of lymphatic fluid, this is removed painlessly through a puncture.
Wound healing problems are not uncommon during a thigh lift.
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