What to Eat PRE-OP to Make It Easier in my First Week Post-op?

I am scheduled next week for TT and small lipo of flanks, I would like to know the best way to eat/clean myself out before my surgery to make the first week after surgery less miserable, thank you.

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7 Doctor Answers | Asked by Shellybee in Bloomfield Hills, MI

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Tummy Tuck Recovery?

You are about to undergo a major operation which often involves a significant physical and emotional recovery. A few words of advice may be helpful:  1. Make sure you are doing the procedure for the right reasons (for yourself) and that you have realistic expectations. Be aware that an improvement in the “problem area” may not translate to an overall improvement in your life situation. You are bound to be disappointed with results of the... more

Tummy Tuck

Avoid fast food, eat a high fiber diet with fruits and vegetables, nuts and grains, seeds. Avoid fried food, hydrogenated fats, and overly processed foods. Keep some prune juice on available and get your bowels in a pattern of a bowel movement at least once or twice a day. Avoid cheese, cream cheese, pizza, white flower, desserts, and other low fiber sugar infested foods.

Pre Op Nutrition Before Tummy Tuck Surgery

It is good that you are planning now how to have the best outcome for your surgery and how you can participate. Nutrition is important in the healing process. I advise my patients to eat healthy; fruits, vegetables and protein and supplement with a good multi-vitamin, but be sure that there is not more than 400 units of vitamin E as that can interfere with blood clotting. Try to make this a permanent way of eating and limit sugars and processed foods so you can maintain your new figure!... more

Pre-Surgery Diet Considerations

No special diet is required; I would eat what you normally eat avoiding extremes (over or under eating). For example, don't be like one of my patients who before a liposuction procedure told me she was going to really "overindulge" since I was going to "suck it all out" ( it doesn't work that way). I also remind patients post-op that this is not the time to "start a diet"- they will need good nutrition and calories to recover and heal the... more

Pre-op Nutrition

Indeed pre-op nutrition has been proven to be important for the wound healing and recovery process. There are many nutrients that are involved in the process, most importantly protein and a multivitamin. For a more comprehensive list I refer you to a formula I created called "Healthy Recovery Formula". Best of luck with a smooth recovery...RAS

Pre-op diet

We usually have the patient take a laxative 2 days ahead of time and start a stool softener. This helps prevent postop constipation which can lead to problems with straining which in turn can lead to bleeding and putting strain on the muscle plication sutures.

What to eat before tummy tuck

There is no special diet needed in order to prepare for tummy tuck. You should neither binge to build up, nor hold back calories to become leaner the week before. Relax and eat normally and your experience should be a good one. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd