Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Before and After Photo. Surgery performed in Dallas, TX at Law Plastic Surgery.
2 months after fleur-de-lis tummy tuck.
Re: Recovery — I keep tummy tuck patients for observation overnight.
This helps with pain control, care of drains as needed, early walking, and receiving a blood thinner shot 8 hours after surgery.
The biggest risk I worry about is a blood clot (DVT) that can travel from the legs up to the lungs and heart. It’s the most serious complication of surgery, and I treat it with the utmost respect and care.
Rarely, bleeding can also occur that requires returning to the operating room. Staying in the hospital minimizes potential problems with too much activity, and makes it easier to return to the operating room as needed in those rare cases.
Drains are used on a case-by-case basis. Some patients seem to swell more, and with the liposuction fluid, a fluid collection may need to be drained off historically in about 1 in 8 patients. Drains are a little annoying, but almost always don’t hurt at all on their way out!
Return to work depends on whether it’s a desk job or requires heavier lifting or activity. For most, 1 week seems right, though people are tired for 4-6 weeks overall as their body works on healing itself.
Return to full exercise and activity is at 6 weeks.
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