Patient education
Liposuction Revision: Recognising and Managing Problems
Written for someone who has had liposuction and is trying to tell whether what they are seeing is ordinary healing or a problem, and for someone who has been left with a contour they did not expect. What swelling does over months, dents and ridges, fluid collections, infection and skin loss, the clot risk of the first days, red flags, and how a contour is assessed and corrected.
All guides
10 guides
- The Months After Liposuction: What Swelling DoesNormal recovery
- Contour Irregularity After Liposuction: Dents, Ridges and StepsContour
- Seroma After Liposuction: Fluid That Keeps Coming BackSeroma
- Infection and Skin Loss After LiposuctionInfection
- Clot and Embolism Risk After LiposuctionClot risk
- Liposuction Red Flags: What to Do FirstRed flags
- Assessing a Contour That May Need RevisionAssessment
- When Contour Revision Is Planned, and Why It WaitsTiming
- Why Revision Often Adds Fat Rather Than Removing ItAdding fat
- The Limits of Correcting a Contour DefectLimits
Worried after liposuction, or left with a contour you did not expect?
Contact the team rather than waiting for a routine review. This site cannot assess you. For breathlessness, chest pain or a treated area turning dark, go to the nearest emergency department now.