WHY PS-MLD AFTER SURGERY
Did you know that many doctors prescribe post-operative recovery massage after plastic surgery and/or liposuction to make sure their patients get the best possible results from their procedures?
It is very common to experience discomfort, swelling and bruising after any plastic surgery procedure and there are not many options to handle these uncomfortable symptoms, but there are two massage techniques called Post-Surgical Manually Lymphatic Drainage (PS-MLD) Post-Operative Recovery Massage (PORM) that can help you cope with post-surgical discomforts. These two types of massage are vital and very beneficial to the recovery process. No matter what type of plastic surgery you are having or what stage of recovery you are in, these two types of massage are beneficial to you.
After a plastic surgery procedure, swelling can occur around your incision sites and in the treated area. The lymphatic system collects excess fluid (lymphatic fluid) that drains from cells and tissues. This fluid usually carries toxins and other harmful substances away from healthy tissue.
Plastic Surgery can be extremely hard on the body. The first issue to deal with is swelling/post-surgical edema. Post-surgical swelling is caused by inflammation and trauma from the cannula (the instrument that sucks out the fat) moving under the skin. Channels formed by the cannula fill up with fluid and the tissue swells. Without proper aftercare, inflammation can evolve into fibrosis (a hardening of the tissue) or a seroma (pocket of fluid), resulting in hard, lumpy skin at the surgical site.
Surgical procedures can disrupt, obstruct, impair and overwhelm the lymphatic system. This can cause lymph fluid to accumulate without draining properly. After a plastic surgery procedure, swelling can occur around your incision sites and in the treated area. The lymphatic system collects excess fluid (lymphatic fluid) that drains from cells and tissues. This fluid usually carries toxins and other harmful substances away from healthy tissue. Excess lymph fluid stuck in, or around surgical sites can increase inflammation and swelling while inhibiting the healing process.