Swimming 4 weeks after Tummy Tuck?

Violeta, There are different levels of "swimming".  If you are just relaxing in a pool it should be fine.  If you are doing the butterfly stroke it might be more problematic.  Six weeks is the usual point for maximum tissue strength after stitching.  Good luck!

Hi! Four weeks after a tummy tuck, you are fairly solidly healed.  The tissues have over 80% of their final strength.  After a month, we let patients do pretty much anything, and we have seen no bad effects.  So go ahead and swim.

Violeta45: Each patient and their surgeon may have different restrictions, so we can only give general information.  Our tummy tuck patients can usually resume driving and light household or office activities in 1.5-2 weeks.  We recommend waiting 6 weeks for working out, exercising, etc.www... more

Hi there- I think it's probably important to clarify what you mean... there is swimming, like what we might see a grandfather do with his grandkids in the backyard pool, and then there is the whole Michael Phelps thing.... If you were my patient I would not mind if you got into a chlorinated swimming pool 4... more

I assume you are not talking about doing laps. You can get in a pool, but I would be careful not to stretch the abdomen too much. I have my patients resume exercise and sit ups 6-8 weeks after surgery. By that time, there's enough tissue healing and scarring that you will not compromise the results.

I dont let my patients do any exercise until 6 weeks.  So if you were my patient I would say wait.  Every physician has their own postoperative plan.  I would be concerned that you may break a suture. Good luck.