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What to Do Before Liposuction in Singapore
The journey to your best liposuction results in Singapore starts long before your procedure day.
Drawing on expert insights and patient experiences, here's what you really need to know to prepare effectively – the insider advice that makes all the difference.
What You Should Know Before Liposuction
The Key Takeaways:
- Mindset is Everything: Liposuction isn't magic; it's a partnership. Your results depend significantly on your preparation and commitment to the process.
- Health is Foundational: Optimising your physical health beforehand is crucial for safety, healing, and optimal results.
- The Devil's in the (Practical) Details: Arranging help, time off, and your recovery space early reduces stress immensely.
Cultivating the Right Mindset for Success
- Realistic Expectations: Liposuction contours your body by removing fat pockets resistant to diet and exercise. It's not a weight-loss solution or a substitute for a healthy lifestyle. Discuss your specific goals and realistic outcomes thoroughly with Dr Ivan Puah during your private consultation.
- Commitment to the Process: Understand that preparation (including nutrition and lifestyle changes) and disciplined aftercare (such as compression, rest and follow-ups) are integral parts of achieving your desired outcome.
- Focus on Health, Not Just Aesthetics: Viewing preparation as an investment in your overall well-being, not just a means to an end, fosters long-term success. A healthier body handles surgery and heals better.
- Embrace Patience: Significant swelling (oedema) is normal and expected. Your final, refined results emerge gradually throughout 3 to 6 months. Trust the timeline.
Essential Health & Lifestyle Adjustments (Start Early!)
- Achieve a Stable Weight: Liposuction is most effective when you are at or near your ideal, stable weight. Significant weight fluctuations afterwards can compromise your results.
- Embrace the Good Food: Focus on anti-inflammatory foods, such as vegetables, citrus fruits, lean protein, healthy fats, high-fibre foods, and hydration.
- Eliminate or Avoid: Alcohol, excessive caffeine, smoking, high-sodium foods, excessive sugars and saturated fats.
- Manage Medications & Supplements: Disclose EVERYTHING (Prescription, over-the-counter medicines, herbal, vitamins that you are consuming) to Dr Ivan Puah.
- Hydration is Super Important: Begin consciously increasing your water intake at least two weeks before surgery. Well-hydrated tissues heal better.
- Exercise Smartly: Maintain moderate exercise for overall fitness, but avoid overly strenuous workouts or new, intense regimes in the weeks leading up to surgery.
Practical Preparations: Setting Up Your Recovery Sanctuary
- Arrange Help: Arrange for a responsible adult to drive you home after surgery and stay with you initially. Help with meals, chores, and childcare is essential.
- Secure Time Off: Be realistic about recovery and plan for adequate time off work.
- Prepare Your Recovery Space: Stock up on easy-to-prepare healthy meals and gather essential supplies, such as medications, a phone charger, a compression garment, and a water bottle, and place them within easy reach.
Your Pre-Liposuction Timeline at Amaris B. Clinic Singapore
2- 4 Weeks Before Liposuction
- Stop all nicotine products (smoking, vaping) completely.
- Begin tapering off/stopping prohibited supplements and medications as directed.
- Significantly reduce or eliminate alcohol.
- Focus intensely on a healthy, balanced, and anti-inflammatory diet, along with optimal hydration.
1 Week Before Liposuction
- Absolutely NO alcohol or nicotine.
- Stop prohibited supplements and medications as advised by the doctor.
- Reduce caffeine intake significantly and aim to eliminate it 48 hours before surgery.
- Continue strict healthy eating and hydration.
- Confirm logistics: Surgery time, arrival instructions and caregiver's schedule.
- Avoid sunburn or skin irritation on the areas to be treated.
- Get plenty of rest and manage stress.
The Night Before Liposuction
- Follow Fasting Instructions to the T: You will be given explicit instructions by your doctor on when to start fasting from food and beverages. This is critical for anaesthesia safety.
- Remove all nail polish for pulse oximeter monitoring.
- Set out loose, comfortable clothing, such as a front-opening top, easy elastic-waist pants, and slip-on shoes, for the next day.
- Double-check arrival time and documents.
- Get a good night's sleep.
Invest in Your Journey: Preparation is Power
Arriving at the Day Surgery Centre fully prepared – physically, mentally, and practically – transforms your liposuction experience. It minimises surgical risks, accelerates healing, maximises your comfort, and paves the way for the smoothest path to your desired results. By knowing what truly matters beforehand, you step into your procedure with confidence and set yourself up for success.