I have had the best recovery since i had my tummy tuck with no drains on December 10th. I had no issue and my results have been amazing...until last week. My tummy started to get bigger and bigger, my skin stretches and althought its not painful, its not very comfortable. I found myself putting on my binder back, thinking it might reduce the swelling. It does not. My routine hasn't changed, i am not doing anything different from the last weeks, have regular BM, not pregnant. It this swelling??
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February 6, 2020
Answer: 9 Weeks after Tummy Tuck And Enlarging Abdomen
If the muscles have been overlapped, the plication and scar can be divided and the areas plicated again to anatomic norms. Yes, liposuction can be used in a less invasive way to give the appearance of the natural separation. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
If your Plastic Surgeon put you on VitaMedica, that is all you need. Do not take your own. The VitaMedica vitamins are designed to give you what you need to heal and not contain anything that would interfere with healing or anesthesia or cause problems with blood clotting.
If your suture line came open 3 months after a tummy tuck, it is the result of some poor healing that has occurred. If all heals without complication, after 6 weeks you are usually fully healed. I would ask your plastic surgeon why he/she thinks this happened in your case...