How to Help Someone Recover From Liposuction

Although liposuction is not considered major surgery, it does disrupt major body systems. If you have the time to help someone after a liposuction procedure is over, you may hasten recovery and relieve some anxiety.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bedsheets
• Jell-O®
• Ginger Ales
• Drinking Straws
• Saltine Crackers
• Women Outside Magazine
• National Geographic Magazine
• Entertainment Weekly Magazine
• Discover Magazine
• Tiger Beat Magazine
• "MAD" magazines
• Rolling Stone Magazine

1. Drive the patient home after surgery. She'll still be affected by the anesthesia.

2. Help her back and forth to the bathroom. Urination will increase for the first few hours after surgery.

3. Prepare a light meal a few hours after you get home. Choose clear soups, gelatin, ginger ale and crackers.

4. Make sure your patient has her pain medication within reach. This will encourage her to take it when she needs it.

5. Provide a glass of cold water with a flexible drinking straw at the bedside, to simplify medicine taking.

6. Help her into and out of her compression garments, as needed. Although the garments have zippers and hooks, if a patient is feeling weak from surgery, she will appreciate your assistance.

7. Change the sheets on your patient's bed if it becomes damp from liposuction drainage.

8. Do all the heavy lifting, cleaning and bending over for a few days post-op.

9. Help take your patient's mind off of her liposuction. Rent a video, read aloud or share some juicy gossip with her.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have any questions or concerns, contact a physician or other health care professional before engaging in any activity related to health and diet. This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment.

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