Lifting my baby after tummy tuck and plastic surgery

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8 answers to “Lifting my baby after tummy tuck and...”

A: Don't lift big babies after surgery

By G. Gregory Gallico III, MD - Boston Plastic Surgeon

Ten pound babies can be lifted after one week. Heavier ones have to wait for 4 to 6 weeks. No need to push it and risk breaking deep sutures. Your husband can lift them for a while!

A: Trust your doctor

By Scott E. Kasden, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

The main thing you want to avoid is heavy, vigorous, or too quick/violent movements. In the early weeks, it can lead to hemorrhage, and in the long term, it could cause the sutures to rip through your tissues, leading to an unhappy result. I tell my patient > 10# for 6 weeks. Your doctor may... more

A: Activity after abdominoplasty tummy tuck liposuction and breast surgery

By Raffy Karamanoukian, MD - Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

While a plastic surgeon advises a patient to refrain from heavy lifting after surgery, it is also prudent to regain normal function as soon as possible. Lifting a twenty pound object after surgery may be difficult as the added strain may cause you to lose balance, or even drop something that you are... more

A: Lifting Children Post-op

By Steven H. Williams, MD - Bay Area Plastic Surgeon

Combining those three operations may extend your recovery time. This may make it more difficult for you to safely lift your child after one week. Lifting objects heavier than 20 lbs can compromise the rectus repair in the first few weeks post-operatively. At two weeks this repair is actually... more

A: Treat it like a hernia

By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Generally most tummy tucks involve muscle repairs (similar to a hernia) that require a minimum of 6 weeks to gain sufficient scar tissue to reinforce the repair. Most general surgeons advise patients to wait at least 3-4 weeks before resuming activities. I suggest similar guidelines to my patients.... more

A: Lifting after plastic surgery

By Steven Wallach, MD - Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

I usually have patients wait about 3 -6 weeks until they can perform heavy lifting.

A: Personally, I would wait on the liposuction

By Richard P. Rand, MD - Seattle Plastic Surgeon

I ask patients to treat their abdomens post-abdominoplasty as if they had a hernia repair recognizing they won't gain full healing strength for 8 weeks. By being careful and judicious in their lifting of children, I have never had a patient harm their repair in 20+ years. But this requires being very... more

A: It may be asking too much, too soon, from your body

By Antonio M. Carbonell, MD - Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon

Dear Leiav, My first reaction is that with the planned surgery you're limiting both your arms and your abdomen and to a slight degree your legs from behaving normally. Add lifting a 7 month old in and out of a crib and you're adding significant strain to your incisions and run a higher risk of... more