Mini Tummy Tuck: Q&A
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What is the Average Recovery Time for a Mini Tummy Tuck?
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Average Recovery Time for a Mini Tummy Tuck
Patients can return to work in 1 - 2 weeks, and ramp up the level of actitivity over the next six weeks.
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Typical Recovery Time after Mini Tummy Tuck
During the 6 weeks after Mini Tummy Tuck surgery with muscle tightening (shorter time if no tightening), strenuous activity and the lifting of more than ten pounds must be avoided. Many patients are able to return to work and daily activities within 2 weeks of surgery. Softening of the surgical scars, return of sensation, and loosening of the tight sensation may take several months. Abdominoplasty recovery can be in some cases slow and uncomfortable requiring more...
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What is the Average Recovery Time for a Mini Tummy Tuck?
A mini Tummy Tuck can mean different things, so that's a question for your surgeon since he is the one who knows what is being done. Usually it involves removing only a small roll of skin and fat from near the pubic hair line. It does not involve muscle repair, because to repair only the lower muscles will cause bulging of the upper abdomen. It does not involve any umbilical surgery and minimal dissection so the recovery is pretty quick. You shoulod be back to all normal daily activities...
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Recovery after Tummy Tuck Surgery?
Thank you for the question.
You should plan on at least 2 to 4 weeks of “recovery time” after tummy tuck surgery. I remind patients that any type of tummy tuck operation involves significant physical and “emotional” recovery and offer the following words of advice:
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...
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