Precautions After Fat Grafting
Postoperative Care Schedule
Your treatment schedule may change depending on your recovery and progress.
- Day of Surgery
- Day 1 After Surgery
- Day 2 After Surgery
- Day 7 after surgery — Stitch removal
Postoperative Precautions
On the day of surgery, take enough rest, and from the next day, take a light walk or exercise to help reduce swelling. *Strength training is possible from the 4th week
Elevating the surgical site above the heart helps to reduce swelling.
*Sleep with a high pillow at home
If you often apply cold compresses for 2 to 3 days immediately after surgery,
the swelling will go down. A warm compress will help reduce bruising. Before steaming, apply gauze and a handkerchief *Be careful of frostbite and burns due to sensory deterioration
Do not press on the incision site or allow blood to flow. Leaning or straining your head can cause blood to pool, causing swelling, bruising, and bleeding.
It is recommended to abstain from drinking or smoking for 4 weeks after surgery because they can cause inflammation.
When the fat transfer site is pressed,the shape can change. Please be careful about 1 month after surgery.
Swimming, sauna use, and Korean dry sauna use can be possible from 3 weeks after surgery.
Laser procedure and skin care are possible from 1 month after surgery.
Postoperative Care Kit
Prepared to support your recovery and help you achieve a satisfactory surgical result.
Kit contents: Compress packs, pumpkin juice, a sheet mask, cotton swabs, and gauze.
2 Hot packs / Gauze
- When to Use: For 7 days, beginning on the day of surgery
- How to Use: Apply cold compresses frequently during the first 2–3 days after surgery to help reduce swelling. After that, use warm compresses to help reduce bruising. Place gauze or a handkerchief between your skin and the compress. Be careful of frostbite and burns due to sensory deterioration
- Benefit: Helps reduce swelling
3 Packs of pumpkin juice
- When to Use: For 3 days, beginning on the day of surgery.
- How to Use: Drink one pouch daily, before or after meals.
- Benefit: Helps reduce swelling.
A sheet mask
- When to Use: Starting 2 weeks after surgery.
- How to Use: After washing your face, apply toner to prepare your skin. Fit the mask closely over your entire face and remove it after 15–20 minutes.
- Benefit: Helps soothe and hydrate the skin.
Postoperative Q&A
We have prepared for your recovery and satisfactory surgical results.
Q. When can I wash my face?
A. You may wash your face starting the day after surgery. Do not rub your face vigorously. Lather your cleanser and wash gently.
Q. When can I shower?
A. You may shower starting the evening after surgery. Remove the dressing from the fat-harvesting site while showering the following afternoon, then dry the area thoroughly with a dry towel so that it does not remain damp.
Q. When should I remove the DuoDERM dressing on my face?
A. Remove it 2–3 days after surgery. If it comes off while washing your face, you do not need to reapply it. Be sure to protect the area from UV exposure with sunscreen.
Q. The surgical site is bleeding. What should I do?
A. Do not rub the bleeding area. Gently wipe away only the blood that runs out. After wiping the area, apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment, such as Fucidin.
Q. When should I have a second fat-grafting procedure?
A. Once three months have passed after surgery, 95% of the grafted fat will remain for life. Therefore, you may have a second fat-grafting procedure after three months.
Please note: Fat harvested during the first procedure is automatically discarded after six months. Please schedule your second procedure within six months.
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