I having trouble sleeping after Tummy Tuck. Is this normal?

It is not unusual for patients to suffer from insomnia after operations. Sometimes the likely culprit is the pain medication. Please discuss this with your plastic surgeon so that he or she make it down to the root cause. Some times the addition of a sleep aid will be helpful on a very temporary basis.

Sleep disturbances after general anesthesia are quite common and can sometimes go on for several weeks. Add to this the discomfort after abdominal surgery and additional medications that most are taking and it would almost be surprising not to have troubles. Try to sleep at normal hours and avoid too much sleep during the day. Things should begin to normalize over the next week or two.

You can have trouble sleeping after a major procedure such as a tummy tuck due to the anesthesia and narcotics.  Your sleep patterns should normalize as you continue in the recovery process.  Please continue to follow up with your plastic surgeon.