Dr Jaime Zuluaga

Dr Jaime Zuluaga Cirugia Plástica estética y reconstructiva, Cali, Colombia

04/03/2026

Mastopexia sin implantes

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12/12/2025

Pregnancy, breastfeeding and surgery

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01/12/2025

Lipectomía invertida

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28/11/2025

Travel After Surgery

Liposuction and Travel: How long after liposuction can I travel? This applies not only to liposuction but to any surgery. It depends a lot on each surgeon’s protocols, the type of surgery, and its extent. The question we were asked was specifically about liposuction, and I consider liposuction one of the riskiest surgeries in plastic surgery.

The reason is that it carries the highest risk of pulmonary thromboembolism. And thromboembolism worsens if you are on bed rest for a long time. That’s why we recommend waiting 14 days before international travel.

Civil aviation authorities here in Colombia won’t allow you to board a plane if you haven’t been operated on for 14 days or more. So, it depends not only on government policies and regulations but also on the surgeon. How soon does your surgeon recommend you travel? That’s very personalized, but the minimum recovery time I give is 14 days, which is what civil aviation regulations require. However, I perform more complex surgeries where I tell the patient it’s preferable to stay longer, three or four weeks, because experience tells you how certain types of surgeries can progress.

Likewise, for very minor surgeries, like eyelid or ear surgery, you could actually travel the next day without any problem; the issue would be whether or not they let you board at the airport.

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21/11/2025

How long should you wear a compression garment?

It’s relative; it depends on each surgeon. Personally, I prefer to wear it for only two to three months. Patients ask, or I see patients who have been operated on for more than a year and are still wearing their compression garment.

Personally, I recommend not wearing it for extended periods. You’ve seen it when a cast is removed from a limb. When they remove the cast from a patient after six weeks or more,

Their skin is white, hairy, atrophic, and unsightly. That’s what happens with compression garment use. If you’re constantly putting pressure on tissue, that tissue will thin out, thin out, thin out, and the quality of the tissue will deteriorate.

So, I recommend not overusing compression garments. If you want to wear one after your surgery to wear a dress and look your best, you can. But wearing a girdle all day, every day, for years, that’s not good.

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Edificio Cirugía Plástica Avanzada, Carrera 40 #5B-51 Consultorio 305, Cali
Santiago De Cali
760042

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