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Puffy and Ridge in Pubic Area After Tummy Tuck
My TT incision is very low (right on my pubic hairline). I have a "ridge and my pubic area looks puffy. its been 3 weeks. Will this ridge really go away. its totally raised off my skin. im so upset!
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moneyhunna29
in New York, NY USA
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Give yourself time to heal from Tummy Tuck
Don't worry and give yourself time to heal. It takes a bit longer then 3 weeks for all the swelling to go away after a tummy tuck. Since you are standing, a lot of the swelling will go into your mons area. If this does not improve in another couple of weeks, ask your doctor about it.
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Swelling after tummy tuck
Thanks for the question.
Post-op swelling after a tummy tuck is still largely present at only three weeks post-op. Swelling occurs as part of your body's natural response to trauma. (Yes, surgery is controlled trauma!) Your body has an impaired ability to resolve this swelling because of the divided lymphatics.
Your surgeon may have used drains for the first week or two to collect fluid accumulating under the abdominoplasty flaps.
Most of this swelling should go away at 6 - 8 weeks.
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Very common to have ridge after Tummy Tuck
In all likelihood, this will resolve.
However, there are conditions which can make this work. I have found that when patients wear garments or binders which fold or kink, especially when sitting, it can make the pubic selling worse due to a tourniquet-like effect.
It is similar to when you wear tight stocklings and your ankles swell.
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Tummy tuck and ridge
The incision at the border of the pubic hairline is a good place for the incision. SInce you are only 3 weeks out form surgery, it is most likely due to swelling, and you have to give it a few months to soften up.
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Three weeks after Tummy Tuck still early for results
Three weeks is still early following a Tummy Tuck. A Tummy Tuck incision at the pubic hair line or little below is ok. It is hard to comment on the ridge without seeing it. As long as both skin edges are opposed, you will heal well.
I would discuss all these issues with your plastic surgeon he will be able to give you all the correct info.
Hope that helps!
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