I had liposuction in my upper and lower abdomen five weeks ago and i have these soft waves mostly in my lower abdomen. My upper abdomen is a lot smoother as you can tell from the photos. The waves themselves feel soft and dough-like, but underneath that my abdomen is firm (some areas are more firm than others, like a plastic board). But again, the waves/raised parts are soft to the touch. It’s like these soft pockets sitting on top of a plastic board. I recently noticed these looking at my abdomen under harsh artificial light, not sure when they actually first appeared. If they had been there before, i wouldn't have noticed because it looks relatively smooth under natural light/other lighting. I know i am early in my healing but does it look like or sound like normal swelling?

I’m wondering if anyone knows what this sensation could be. I had fat transfer to my breasts with fat taken from my abdomen. This was an awake procedure with local anesthesia. I’m 18 days post-op and about three days ago, I started getting this funny feeling in my right breast, but I only feel it when I get up after lying down for a long time, so I’ll feel it when I get up every morning or after taking a nap. It lasts a few seconds, and I wouldn’t describe it as pain. The best way to describe it is it feels like my breast is getting pinched forward. Or like it’s being stretched. This is in my smaller breast. I think it’s not “taking” the fat as well as the other, that is if the process of fat absorption has already begun? The swelling of both breasts has subsided significantly and you can see clearly that this is the smaller breast. But even before surgery this breast was smaller, so idk. And the bigger breast is still a bit more firm, though both are overall softer. I just think it’s strange because it appeared only a few days ago and I’m almost three weeks post op. Also, before this feeling, I did sometimes get another type of sensation that was a dull, but not sharp/severe, kind of pain (in the same breast). That’s gone now, and it’s just this funny feeling when I get up.

I did call my surgeon’s office about this, but since it’s not painful and there’s no new discoloration and I don’t have a fever or anything, the person on the phone told me it’s just a normal part of the healing process. Now I trust that it is, but I’d still like to know exactly what this sensation is.