Pressure Garments

This blood-tinged fluid causes bruising and the post-operative swelling known as “osmotic-edema”. With tumescent liposuction, the function of the compression garment depends on the whether or not the surgeon closes incisions with stitches. With the modern “open-drainage” technique for post-liposuction care, the tiny incisionsadits are allowed to remain open (not closed with stitches), and the reason for using compression pressure garments (need only be worn for a few days) is to encourage the rapid drainage of the residual blood-tinged tumescent anesthetic solution from beneath the skin. With “closed-drainage”, the reason for using compression pressure garments (which must be worn for several weeks) is to force the absorption of the blood-tinged anesthetic solution into the body’s blood vessels.