Tummy Tuck and Liposuction Pain

Pain is a very subjective emotion, even from procedure to procedure.  Pain control medications are very effective and I would expect that your tummy tuck and liposuction would be less painful than a spinal fusion.

Hi there- Individual patients seem to experience postop pain differently, and tummy tuck techniques vary as well, and so it is difficult to be firm in an answer to your question- you know your pain tolerance better than I could- but in general, I believe the following could be stated: The pain from tummy tuck and liposuction will probably not be as severe as the bone pain you probably felt with your spinal fusion. Most patients experience a tight, crampy muscular pain that causes them to... more

Pain is a very subjective thing. I couldn't give you an idea how it compares to spinal fusion because I am not sure what type of pain that is. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst, tummy tucks and submuscular breast augs are probably the highest on average being about a 7 or 8. Usually, patients feel pretty crappy for the first few days, but by the end of 1 week, they start feeling pretty normal. Many of my patients tell me that it wasn't so bad, but I would rather oversell the pain... more