After a body procedure, gentle lymphatic drainage massage helps your body clear swelling, ease discomfort, and settle into its result.
5,000+
procedures in our own suites
Since 1999
serving South Louisiana
Overview
Swelling after body surgery is normal, expected, and frustrating. It is also the main reason your result takes weeks to show up rather than days. Post-surgical lymphatic drainage massage helps your body move that fluid along, which is why we offer it to patients recovering from a tummy tuck , liposuction , a Mommy Makeover , or a BBL .
The technique is gentle and specific. Rather than working muscle the way a deep-tissue massage does, lymphatic drainage uses light, directional pressure to encourage fluid out of the swollen tissue and into your lymphatic system, where your body can clear it. It should never be painful, and after surgery it usually feels like relief.
The point is not pampering, though it is genuinely comfortable. Reducing swelling faster helps with the tightness and heaviness of early recovery, can ease discomfort, and helps the treated area settle into a smoother, more even contour. It is one of the few things you can actively do to support the result you paid for.
AT A GLANCE
Treatment
Lymphatic drainage massage
For
Tummy tuck, Lipo, BBL, Mommy Makeover
Timing
Cleared by your surgeon first
Series
Usually several sessions during recovery
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The benefits
Lymphatic drainage massage helps your body clear post-surgical swelling more efficiently, which tends to ease the tightness and heaviness of early recovery and can make you more comfortable day to day. By helping fluid move out of the tissue, it also supports a smoother, more even final contour in the treated area.
Many women also find the sessions valuable simply as a checkpoint. Early recovery is a strange, uncertain time, and having someone look at how you are healing and answer questions along the way makes it considerably less nerve-wracking.
Timing and expectations
Timing is led by your surgeon, not by us. Every procedure and every patient heals differently, so when it is appropriate to begin depends on what you had done and how you are progressing. Your surgeon will clear you, and once you are cleared we will work out a schedule that fits your recovery rather than a fixed package.
Most patients benefit from a series of sessions spread across the early weeks rather than a single visit, because swelling accumulates and reduces gradually. If you had surgery with us, this fits naturally alongside your post-operative visits. If you had surgery elsewhere, that is fine too, as long as your surgeon has cleared you for massage.
This is supportive care, not a shortcut. Lymphatic massage helps your body clear swelling faster, but it does not remove fat, tighten skin, or change your surgical result. Some swelling takes months to fully resolve no matter what you do, and that is normal. Always follow your surgeon’s instructions first. If anything about your recovery seems off, tell your surgeon rather than waiting for your next massage.
Sessions are calm and gentle. We will ask how your recovery is going, look at the area, and then work with light, directional pressure to encourage fluid away from the swollen tissue. Nothing about it should hurt. If anything feels uncomfortable, we adjust immediately.
Many women notice they feel lighter and less tight straight afterward, and it is normal to need the bathroom more than usual for the rest of the day as your body clears the fluid. We will remind you to keep drinking water and to keep wearing your compression garment as your surgeon instructed.
We will plan your sessions around your recovery rather than selling you a fixed number up front, and we will tell you honestly when you have had enough of them and your body can take it from here.
01
Surgeon clearance
We start once your surgeon says the timing is right for your procedure.
02
Your session
Gentle, directional pressure to move fluid. It should never hurt.
03
Right afterward
Often a lighter, less tight feeling, and more trips to the bathroom that day.
04
Your schedule
Sessions spread across early recovery, adjusted as your swelling settles.
Recovery looks different for everyone. We will walk you through a realistic timeline based on your health and your procedure rather than making blanket promises.
Post-surgical massage is most often booked by patients recovering from a body procedure. If you are still deciding on surgery, these pages explain each one.
Real results
Because our med spa sits inside the practice that performed your surgery, the person doing your massage can see your notes and knows what your procedure involved. Crowley may be a small town, but the women we care for come from all over Acadiana, and having your surgery and your recovery care under one roof takes a lot of the guesswork out of healing.
Real results
We offer great, affordable financing options for our patients who are seeking to achieve the body of their dreams.
Your consultation is always free. Tell us your goals and we will walk you through your options, your timeline, and what your results could look like. No pressure, no obligation.
527 Odd Fellows Road STE B, Crowley, LA 70526
Phone: (337) 455 7575
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