For general health, wellbeing and detoxing, you can expect to urinate more frequently after receiving a manual lymphatic drainage treatment. Your urine will be darker in colour and quite pungent. It is not uncommon to feel lethargic or out of sorts, even a little melancholy for the following 24 hours. This is due to the lymphatic system ridding your body of toxins and debris. On occasions any symptoms of previous virus', bacteria, food poisoning etc are likely to return for a few hours but not as severe. Once these symptoms subside you will feel healthier and more energetic. If your reason for MLD is to treat lymphoedema or lipedema you will experience the same as the previous explanation only ten fold! Your condition is chronic so you will need regular lymphatic drainage and probably a compression garment. Any aches and pains will be reduced after MLD. The build up of toxins cause inflammation, so eliminating debris not only reduces discomfort, dead cells get replaced with live cells which improves immunity.

Secondary lymphoedema - Damage to the lymphatic system. Usual cause, removal of lymph nodes, radio therapy or injury resulting in impairment of the lymphatic vessels. Usually unilateral. Symptoms - Excess swelling, sometimes tender to touch, fibrotic tissue (hard/lumpy). Treatment - Combined Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (CLDT) = Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), deep oscillation, compression garment. Result - Lymphoedema whether primary or second can be managed successfully reducing the risk of cellulitis and ulcers.

MLD is very important post cosmetic surgery, there is no exception. It accelerates your recovery, which means you achieve your desired result much faster. More importantly MLD reduces the risk of seromas and infection, both of which may need medical attention if ignored. Without the correct aftercare, fluid stagnates in tissue which becomes fibrotic, slowing down your progress, leaving your skin feeling very tight, painful and lumpy. ALL cosmetic procedures benefit from Manual Lymphatic Drainage. BBL (fat removed ‘usually’ from stomach and transferred into the glute area). Lipo, Vaser Lipo, Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck), Gynecomastia, (man boobs), Blepharoplasty (upper and lower eye lift), Rhinoplasty (nose job), Rhytidectomy (face lift), Brachioplasty (arm lift), Thighplasty (thigh lift) etc...

Lymphoedema - Chronic swelling of one or more parts of the body due to the collection of lymphatic fluid accumulating in tissue, hands and feet may be affected. Primary lymphoedema - Congenital, manifesting in adolescence (praecox=very early), or 35+ years (tardis). Symptoms - Excess swelling, sometimes tender to touch, fibrotic tissue (hard/lumpy). Treatment - Combined Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (CLDT) = Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), deep oscillation, compression garment. Result - Lymphoedema whether primary or second can be managed successfully reducing the risk of cellulitis and ulcers.

Absolutely! Anyone can benefit from an MLD treatment.

Lipedema - An abnormal build up of fat/tissue. Symptoms - Large Arms and/or legs affecting both sides of the body but not hands and feet, torso considerably smaller (out of proportion). Usually only seen in women. Tender to touch. Treatment - Combined Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (CLDT) = Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), deep oscillation, compression garment. Result - Reducing and in many cases preventing the progression into lymphoedema.