Did Arnica & massage help you with swelling?

I have a massage scheduled for late next week when I am 21 days out. If so how many did you get? Did you have relief right away?

What about arnica? Do you think it helped?

Here is a post I did about lymphatic massages several months ago.

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/plasticsurgery/3991669/Lym phatic-Massage-for-Swelling-long/#32281056 

I think that it helped me a lot during those first preop weeks.  I just couldn't afford to do it on a regular basis.  I massage my abdomen almost every night by repeating some of the massage techniques I saw the therapist do.  I've also noticed that on the nights I don't massage on bad swelling days, I'll still wake up with a little swelling.  I also took the Arnica and I couldn't tell you if it helped or not since my swelling never went away completely.  It has just gotten better.

Thanks. I remembered your post but couldn't find it. The lady here is $50 and while that's a lot I could probably do one a week for a month or so. How often do they suggest doing it?

I would say a minimum of  5, but I bought a package of 10 because I had a lot of back and  abdomen swelling.  The therapist said I really had a lot of swelling since I had so much work done plus having the anchor cut which can limit the pathways of the lymphatic system even more.  $50 isn't bad at all.

Thanks

Arnica and Bromelain helped me tremendously!

Arnica helped a lot with my bruising, and bromelain helped quite a bit with the swelling. Avoiding salt and heat, and drinking plenty of fluids really helped.

I had one session of lymphatic massage and couldn't handle it... I just have problems being touched, that's nothing against the technique. I can't say whether that one massage helped or not. But I did rub all my swollen bits several times a day applying the moisutrizer and always used circular motions moving in towards the center of my body rather than out towards my extremities and that did seem to help minimize the swelling, even if only temporarily.