In Need Of A Lullaby

[theprodikalson]

I have finally scheduled my surgery for the 15th of January, and with the date rapidly approaching my excitement has been met with nervousness after they took my blood.  I have had several consultations and failed plans of going through with the procedure, but with the 4 vials of my blood gone reality has set in.  I have been on this site even more now reading about everyones experiences and have discovered that the surgery is the easy part. 

Everynight I have been trying to train myself to sleep on my back but sleep just doesn't come.  I am doing my best to prepare for a smooth recovery but don't know what to do about the whole sleeping on my back thing.  I am thinking of buying one of those tempuerpedic pillows or maybe taking pills to knock me out.. but i don't want do that for 8 weeks..

Has anyone out there found a way to deal with this?

Also for the doctors, I want to conquer the sleeping on the back thing to avoid swelling and speed my recovery.  I have read several of your posts and the general consensus is that sleeping on my side can create more swelling.  What exactly causes this?  Is it the lipo or the removal of the gland?  I am doing smart lipo and excision, and was told that the lipo is a lot less invasive and leaves virtually no scar. 

Thanks for any input at all

[DrBermant]

I have finally scheduled my surgery for the 15th of January, and with the date rapidly approaching my excitement has been met with nervousness after they took my blood.  I have had several consultations and failed plans of going through with the procedure, but with the 4 vials of my blood gone reality has set in.  I have been on this site even more now reading about everyones experiences and have discovered that the surgery is the easy part. 

Everynight I have been trying to train myself to sleep on my back but sleep just doesn't come.  I am doing my best to prepare for a smooth recovery but don't know what to do about the whole sleeping on my back thing.  I am thinking of buying one of those tempuerpedic pillows or maybe taking pills to knock me out.. but i don't want do that for 8 weeks..

Has anyone out there found a way to deal with this?

Also for the doctors, I want to conquer the sleeping on the back thing to avoid swelling and speed my recovery.  I have read several of your posts and the general consensus is that sleeping on my side can create more swelling.  What exactly causes this?  Is it the lipo or the removal of the gland?  I am doing smart lipo and excision, and was told that the lipo is a lot less invasive and leaves virtually no scar. 

Thanks for any input at all

Sleeping on injured sculpted structures can hurt, impair healing, and cause new injury. This is not just surgery, but true for any injury. The problem can be made much easier by minimizing the degree of trauma or injury. The best way I know how to do that is to avoid such techniques that use ultrasonic or "smart" liposuction. I have seen just too many horrible results from this technique from other doctors. Each patient I revise from such other surgeon's misadventures has commented that they had much less Swelling and Bruising After my Gynecomastia Surgery Techniques and a quicker more comfortable recovery than with their previous ultrasonic disaster.  Try to find early after surgery pictures, pain medication needs, and recovery issues for any doctors' particular techniques to verify their claims. The sooner swelling and bruising go down, the sooner a patient heals, the sooner a patient will be able to sleep on the sculpted tissues. Start out with less damage to tissues, and the body has less to heal.

Scars are not just on the surface, but extend throughout the sculpted field. I just revised another ultrasonic liposuction disaster and the internal scarring from that surgeon were just horrific. This is common for what I have seen with that method.

Sleeping on the back is inconvenient, but a "price" almost all of my patients are glad to go through to quicken recovery.  This can become less of an issue with better surgical techniques.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
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[theprodikalson]

I appreciate your feedback. 

Smart Lipo is not Ultrasonic, it is a laser that is used to destroy the fat cells and a cannula that is a lot smaller than traditional liposuction cannulas.  It is my understand that this method is less invasive.  I am scheduled for the surgery in a weeks time, and nervous as it is.  Do you have any further information as to why I should avoid this technique and cancel the procedure?

Also, is the swelling post surgery due to the liposuction or the excision?

[DrBermant]

I appreciate your feedback. 

Smart Lipo is not Ultrasonic, it is a laser that is used to destroy the fat cells and a cannula that is a lot smaller than traditional liposuction cannulas.  It is my understand that this method is less invasive.  I am scheduled for the surgery in a weeks time, and nervous as it is.  Do you have any further information as to why I should avoid this technique and cancel the procedure?

Also, is the swelling post surgery due to the liposuction or the excision?

I am always eager to learn of something better!  I am only reporting what I have seen and not seen.  Have seen disasters from both, the principle is destruction in the body of the fat cells that is the culprit and what creates the mess.  After what I have seen from unhappy patients from other doctors, I would never use such a technique even if I was paid advertise it as "great."  Sorry, it is a horrible method of surgery in my opinion.  Proof is in the quality of the results. If they can do such great work, then they should be able to demonstrate it with before after showing how the body moves as discussed above and how the tissue evolves after the operation. I am not the one saying it is good, they are!  I have yet to see good results from those advocating it.  I evolve to new methods when I can see proof they are better, not just because they are new. Separating hype from benefit can be a challenge. The animation and evolution of healing of my techniques is very well documented on my website. 

Swelling is from injury and the body's reaction to dead tissue debris left behind.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
Learn More About Gynecomastia and Male Breast Reduction