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Thank you for your question. I allow my patients to remove their light weight compression garment to go to the bathroom and shower but recommend that they wear their compression garment at all other times (24/7) for at least the first 4 weeks post-op. I encourage you to discuss appropriate compression garment use with your board certified operating surgeon and any other post-operative instructions that your surgeon may have. I wish you all of the best on your recovery!
Ask the PS who performed your surgery for guidelines. For that short period of time, it would be reasonable to remove your compression garment.Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA
Hello dear!! Thanks for the question and provided information as well. Most garments have a cutout that allows you use the bathroom with the faja on, however if it is uncomfortable for you, you can take out the faja and use the bathroom.Good luck :)
This is a great and very practical question that I am sure many patients have. Many higher-end compression garments with have cutouts in the fabric to allow access for using the bathroom without having to remove them. However, if this is not comfortable or user-friendly enough, the garment can be removed temporarily to use the bathroom or shower and them be replaced. Good luck!
Please touch base with your surgeon. He or she is most familiar with your surgery and if you need to worry about your garment being too tight. Garments should feel snug and supportive, and although many patients feel itchy or claustrophobic, you shouldn’t have outright pain due to tightness. If ...
Thank you for your question and photos.A formal tummy tuck takes all the skin from the belly button to the horizontal incision which is placed low within a garment line. Often the skin is loose but the excess does not allow for complete removal of the skin from the belly button to the pubic...
The area you describe above the navel is the second most common place to get a seroma after an abdominoplasty. It's possible that what you are experiencing is a chronic seroma. This should improve with time. A hernia in any area is possible but would be most unlikely. You should check in with...
