Cosmetic Surgery Aftercare

Are you planning, or have you recently had cosmetic surgery? Are you needing help to manage the fluid retention that develops after surgery and may hinder your recovery? Well, you’ve come to the right place!

Our team can assist you with both pre-op preparations, and post-op treatment. We regularly support clients with the following procedures:

• Liposuction for lipoedema
• Abdominoplasty
• Breast augmentation or reduction
• Mastectomy
• Face “lifts”
• Knee & hip replacements or reconstructions

Treatment Protocols

Different surgical procedures require different pre & post operative preparations and treatment. We highly recommend you reach out to us to discuss your requirements.

To assist you with your planning, typically post-op, you’ll require twice weekly MLD sessions for up to 4 weeks, with weekly appointments for another 2-4 weeks.

Pre-operative Preparations

If you’ve not had surgery, a Pre-surgery Health Assessment  with Kylie is the ideal first step. Your 45min session will include a Health & Wellbeing Assessment where Kylie will gather all the details about your health history and proposed surgery. A body composition scan may also included to provide baseline body composition and fluid measurements. This enables us to prepare you for your surgery and your post-surgery aftercare.

Post-op aftercare

Should you only discover us post-surgery, an initial Manual Lymph Drainage session can be booked straight after surgery to discuss how we can help support your recovery.

In this session your therapist will discuss your surgery outcomes and how best we can support you over the next 6-8 weeks. Manual Lymph Drainage will be the foundation treatment for your post-operative sessions. Your therapist may also add in other treatment techniques as relevant to your circumstances including scar release, laser, compression therapy or deep oscillation therapy.

Please note, we highly recommend you reach out to us as soon as you have your surgery date to discuss the pre + post operative protocols relevant to your surgical procedure. We are a busy practice, and there can sometimes be a wait to see one of our team.