Downtime for Abdominal Liposuction Vs Tummy Tuck?

A tummy tuck is a more extensive procedure, which means that you'll need a longer recovery. It can take several weeks to return to normal activities, while it may only be a couple weeks for liposuction depending on how many areas were treated and the technique applied. To return to a desk job, you may only need about a week for lipo, while 2-3 for a tummy tuck.

Because a tummy tuck is a more invasive procedure than liposuction, it involves a recovery period of 10 to 14 days longer than liposuction plastic surgical procedures. Initial discomfort and decreased mobility is typical. 3-5 days or more of assistance at home is usually indicated. Following surgery, you will be walking in a bent-over position to keep tension off the newly tightened skin incision site. Although strenuous activity, and lifting more than ten pounds, must be avoided for 6 weeks, some people can return to work and daily activities as soon as 2 weeks after surgery. Softening of the surgical scars, return of sensation, and loosening of the tight sensation may take several months to a year or more. As for liposuction, if your work keeps you sedentary, you may return whenever you feel up to it. If your work is strenuous, wait until your work activity does not cause pain. Wait at least 3 weeks to begin aerobic exercise. Much of the swelling and bruising will be improved by two weeks; however, some will persist for 6 to 8 weeks. It is often difficult to see significant changes in the body shape before this time.

Abdominal liposuction can be a realtively shor t recovery with just a few days of downtime. of course downtime is up to interpretation and varies among couch potatoes versus tri-athletes. I interpret this as meaning return to a deskjob and not strenous physical labor.
Tummy tucks typically take at least 2 weeks before the average individual is driving and feeling that they can begin to re-enter society.