When you feel your body is healing slower after surgery than expected, you may benefit from post-op lymphatic massage in Detroit. Postoperative drainage of fluid from lymph nodes, especially if you have had abdominal surgery, can detoxify your system and enhance your well-being after surgery.
Lymphatic massage, or manual lymphatic drainage, uses gentle massage of the skin to assist in the healing process after plastic surgery. If you have had a recent surgery, postoperative massage of the lymph system can greatly stimulate healing. Lymphatic massage may also be part of your treatment plan before surgery to ensure a better postsurgical outcome.
Lymphatic massage, or “lymphatic drainage,” involves manual, literal, and gentle hand massage to move fluid after surgery. For example, it can be performed within a week’s window following tummy tuck surgery. After a massage session, lymphatic drainage works to bring down any postoperative swelling or edema where fluid may have accumulated.
When fluid is moved manually, the light pressure exerted yields a positive effect on both the lymphatic and circulatory systems. Postoperative lymph movement by massage in Detroit can improve the healing after surgery. Blood will be able to carry oxygen to the tissues at a better rate for post-op healing to occur more quickly.
Board-certified plastic surgeon Danielle DeLuca-Pytell’s trained massage therapist massages areas where lymph nodes are located. Lymph nodes themselves are considered an element of the immune system. The lymph system is the body’s way to rid itself of toxins and other waste products that can build up in interstitial tissue and interfere with healing after surgery.
A lymphatic massage therapist or surgeon in Detroit will direct lymph drainage movement from the area where surgery has taken place to the closest bodily region where the lymphatic system has not been surgically disrupted. Beneficial post-op lymphatic connections by massage are made there, and they help to get everything moving well again and speed healing.
Danielle DeLuca-Pytell, M.D., F.A.C.S, known as Your Girlfriend the Plastic Surgeon®, offers post-op lymphatic massage in Detroit. Her office welcomes you to this leading-edge, beneficial therapy by gentle massage after surgery. Though the technique is meant to move lymph, it will also relax you!
You may undergo as many as three lymphatic massage sessions each week after surgery and continue your massage drainage, ideally up to two months postoperatively, as your body heals. The benefits of faster healing and the absorption of extra fluid also include the reduction of any associated post-op pain. Call our office today and make an appointment.
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