For most of my patients, I allow them to stop wearing the firm binder 2 weeks after surgery (unless they wish to wear it longer). I do recommend the GelZone abdominal wrap, which provides some support and scar treatment, starting 1-2 weeks after surgery. Check with your surgeon but in most...
James S. McAdoo, DO, FACOS (account suspended) says:
Thank you for your question. The best recommendation that i can give you is to fold a lipo foam in half, and place it on the lower bb area so that you can apply pressure to it. That will help you to reduce the swelling, Also do not remove your compression garment. The reason...
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Sometimes, dissolvable sutures take a little longer to dissolve and may cause issues such as what you are experiencing. The sutures will dissolve on their own; if they become problematic removal of the suture should allow for healing and no further i...