Fibrosis
Massage

Targeted, hands-on work that softens the firm bands, lumps, and hardening that can follow liposuction, BBL, and tummy tuck. Where drainage moves fluid, fibrosis work remodels tissue — sustained, specific pressure applied exactly where recovery has stiffened, always within your surgeon's protocol.

Duration
60 min
Price
$200
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Weekly Series
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Targeted fibrosis massage on a post-surgical abdomen
Targeted Relief

How Targeted Massage
Softens Fibrosis

Fibrosis is collagen laid down where swelling was allowed to sit. It isn't dangerous — but left alone it hardens, pulls, and shows through the skin as uneven contour. It responds to one thing: consistent, specific, hands-on work.

Why It Happens

How Fibrosis Forms After Surgery

Every body is different — these windows are typical, not universal.

i.
Weeks 0 – 2
Surgical trauma triggers inflammation. Fluid and immune cells flood the area — swelling is expected, and the tissue stays soft.
Inflammation
ii.
Weeks 2 – 6
The formation window. Where fluid stalls, the body begins organizing it — collagen lays down in the congested areas and the first firm spots appear.
Formation
iii.
Weeks 6 – 12
Untreated congestion sets into palpable bands and lumps. This is when clients notice hardness under the skin and contour that looks uneven.
Hardening
iv.
Months 3+
Remodeling. Established fibrosis still responds to consistent targeted work — sessions take longer, but the tissue keeps softening.
Remodeling
The Visit

What To Expect
Each Session

Come Prepared

  • If you're under 12 weeks post-op, have your surgeon's clearance
  • Wear your compression garment in — it goes back on after
  • Hydrate well in the 24 hours before
  • Note where you feel firm spots — we'll map them together
  • Arrive 5 minutes early for the hands-on assessment

After Your Session

  • Next-day tenderness in worked areas is normal
  • Compression back on within 30 minutes
  • Keep hydrating — the freed fluid needs a route out
  • Do the self-massage homework we teach you daily
  • Photograph progress weekly to track the softening
Common Questions

Fibrosis Massage, Answered

Juanita teaches two quick self-checks — if you can lift the skin between your fingers, it's scar tissue, not fibrosis; the silicone-cup test confirms it. Both are demonstrated in the videos below, and the hands-on assessment at the start of your first session settles it for certain.
It is firmer than lymphatic drainage — fibrotic tissue needs real pressure to release. We work in tolerable doses and build depth over the series. If something is too much, we stop.
It depends on how much fibrosis has formed and how early we start. Work begun inside the formation window resolves fastest; established, months-old hardening takes a longer series. You'll feel the difference session to session either way.
No. Fibrotic tissue keeps remodeling long after surgery, which means it stays responsive to consistent targeted work. Later starts simply take more sessions to soften.
Yes. We're in the heart of Beverly Hills' plastic-surgery corridor — within a half-mile of many of the city's cosmetic surgeons and under a mile from Cedars-Sinai. Many fibrosis clients are referred exactly this way.
Self-Assessment

Fibrosis Or Scar Tissue?

Educational content from Juanita's Instagram. Lymphatic massage supports the recovery experience and is not a substitute for the medical care your surgical team provides.

Wondering if you have fibrosis after lipo? If you're able to lift your skin, that means it's not fibrosis — it's scar tissue. Juanita's quick visual test.

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A second check — the silicone-cup test. If the skin doesn't lift into the cup, the tissue is fibrotic: hardened collagen that responds to consistent, hands-on work.

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Juanita Chabolla, LMT
Performed By

Juanita Chabolla, LMT

Fourteen-year licensed massage therapist specializing in post-operative lymphatic massage. Compression expert serving Beverly Hills since 2018.

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Why Juanita

An Authority On Post-Op Fibrosis

Fibrosis is where Juanita's fifteen-plus years working alongside Los Angeles surgeons show most. She assesses hardening by hand at every intake — op-note review included — and teaches her clients the same self-checks she demonstrates in her Instagram education, so you always know what stage your tissue is in and why each session is doing what it's doing. Her studio has supported post-surgical recoveries from Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and the LA Westside since 2018, and sessions are available in English and Spanish.