Alcohol After a Tummy Tuck?

   Two alcoholic drinks 9 days after tummy tuck likely will have no effect on wound healing or final results.

Hopefully, you weren't taking any pain medications at the same time, as this could be dangerous. However, if you weren't, a couple of drinks at this time in your recovery is okay. Please refrain from drinking too much and too often, however, until you've recovered more.

Thanks for sharing. It's not likely that alcohol will hurt your healing after tummy tuck. It could interact with some medications so check with your doctor. Best wishes - Dr. Aldo.

You should not consider alcohol while taking pain medications. If you are finished with you medications, then one may be 2 glasses of wine should be fine at this time. To be sure check with your surgeon.

Thre are two concerns with alcohol consumption after surgery: the first is potential interaction with pain medications, the other is an anticoagulant effect that can possibly contribute to bleeding. However, at 9 days you should be tapering off pain meds, and the bleeding issue should not be a significant concern.