Will It Be Safe to Go to a Spa Treatment 2 Months After a Tummy Tuck, Breast Reduction?

I will like to have a massage, maybe steam room or go to the swimming pool.. Can I?

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8 Doctor Answers | Asked by yareny in san jose, ca

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Swimming and spa after tummy tuck

If your incisions are adequately healed, you should be able to go into a swimming pool or spa at two months. You may even be able to do this earlier but you need to be evaluated by your plastic surgeon to ensure you are adequately healed because there can be a lot of bacteria in pools and jacuzzis. Best wishes, Dr.Bruno

Spa, steam, massage, swim safe 2 months after tummy tuck and breast reduction? YES, but . . .

Assuming you have healed uneventfully, all your skin incisions and the muscle repairs have healed adequately and strongly. Scar tissue is not yet mature, softened, and faded maximally--that will take 6-12 months. As long as your scars are pink, they should NOT be exposed to ultraviolet of any type (sun or tanning bed) or else your scars can turn dark and will remain permanently so. Also, your sensation has not returned completely, so you do NOT have the normal protective response to... more

Safety of a Spa Treatment 2 Months After a Tummy Tuck, Breast Reduction?

If you are healed (as per your Plastic surgeon) there is no reason why you cannot resume all normal activities. Enjoy! Peter A Aldea, MD

Post op day at the spa?

Plastic surgery is an art form and all of us will have different answers. It is always best to "dance with the one who brung you". I bet your PS who knows you and how your recovery went, would be the best person to answer you. Best wishes

Questions about spa and physical activities 8 weeks after a tummy tuck and breast reduction

Whether or not you can go to a spa, a steam room and even go swimming are questions that need to be answered by your surgeon; after all, he/she operated on you and knows your situation. Every physician has a different protocol which can also very among patients due to a variety of factors. So ... go ask your surgeon.

Spa treatment 2 months after surgery

You should be adequately healed at 2 months if you had no complications. Discuss with your surgeon to insure that there is no contraindication. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.

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Spa Treatments after Tummy Tuck and Breast Reduction (Mommy Makeover)

Plastic surgeons have different philosophies about how and when to normalize activity after surgery. If the healing process goes without any problems I allow patients to be in a swimming pool after all the inciosions are well healed (3-4 weeks) and use their arms for freestyle swimming a liiltle at 4 weeks and normaly at six weeks. I think that post operative massage is a good idea as a comfort measure while the body still has some stiffness or swelling from surgery which can... more

Massage after surgery

This is a question I think you should ask your surgeon. Every surgeon has their own recovery do's and don'ts. Personally, I think laying on your breasts 2 months after surgery is too soon.