Compression Garment
The next crucial step post your cosmetic surgery is compression garment. The end of surgery is not the end of the procedure. Your body is a lot more prone to complications post cosmetic surgery. After all the surgeries such as Liposuction, Breast Augmentation, Gynecomastia, Breast Reduction, Breast Lift, Abdominoplasty /Tummy Tuck, 6 Pack Abs Surgery and Chin Augmentation, a compressing garment is a tool which is vital to use. Wearing a compressing garment will reduce any chance of complication and will add on to some of the benefits.
You are required to wear a specially customized belt known as a compressing garment for three weeks, 24/7 post the surgery. Though there are some exceptions which are, you need not wear the garment while you are bathing, or performing any self-cleaning activities. After the end of this primary period, the patient can reduce it up to wearing it only for the day. That is, the belt doesn’t need to be worn at night. The belt instructed to wear is a custom made garment which is specially designed by SwellCure. This garment is specially crafted and customized, which meets the need of various surgeries of the patients.
Need for a compression belt after all the above-mentioned surgeries
- Controls post-operative swelling
At the end of the procedure, there is an edema fluid which is highly expected to mix and get collected into the body’s tissues. This, as a result, makes the operated part to start swell. But, when the compression belt is used, you can prevent the swelling of the area. The belt works in a way, by way of application of extreme force. The belt when worn applies the sufficient amount of force on the area, which as a result, pushes the fluid back into the veins, sparing the tissues. The fluid is either pushed into veins or lymphatic vessels when the force is applied to the tissues.
- Prevents clotting and formation of various leftover fluids
There are various kinds of empty spaces which are leftover, once the surgery is completed. If left untreated, they can actually cause a lot of hindrances at the end of the procedure. Like for instance, seromas, which is a clear fluid, gets collected in the empty spaces which get leftover. These result in the formation of uneasy pockets of clear fluids. But, if these pockets form, you will have to go through another procedure which removes the excess of these pockets through the needle. A needle will be used and excess of the fluid will have to be drained out which is yet another complicated procedure, you would want to ignore. When a compressed belt is used, it will prevent any kind of fluid entering into the empty spaces, while compressing it. This don’t let the fluid accumulate and no discomfort will be experienced by you.
- Provide final perfect touch up to the appearance
Your body doesn’t stay the way it looks upon the end of the procedure. It needs time to heal itself and based upon the healing process, the results vary. Any misalignment of tissues, while your body is in the healing process, may result in the change of results. So in order to prevent any kind of non-uniformity in tissues, one must wear the compression belt after surgery. The belt when worn keeps all the tissues in place and enhances the results. This would, as a result, provide a better and redefined contour.
- Get rid of any possibility of scar formation
It is obvious and more than usual; your body might experience any kind of scars being formed as a result of the procedure. This is when a belt comes handy. Pressure is often claimed to have an effect on scars and they diminish up to an extent which is manageable. Though the condition states, the pressure needs to be applied appropriately. If done correctly, it helps in the improvement of the scar’s appearance. Collagen fibres cause the formation of the scars and the belt helps in the management of the same fibres which leads to the scars to lighten and softer, just when the scars begin to take form.
Everyone doesn’t have the same body size and hence, the belts we provide are specially customized for our patients as per their individual needs. The kind of surgery the person went through also has various impacts and requirements. The perfect belt would be provided to you which, would help you through the surgery you opted for. You can now, sustain the results of the procedure and it would be guaranteed to be the best. The customized compression garments that we make are monogrammed by RG Aesthetics Logo, a flagship clinic managed by our senior-most plastic surgeon Dr. Rajat Gupta.
