thank you for your question. Pain pump is a good option for pain relief after muscle repair with tummy tuck. However they can be cumbersome and messy at times. Now I exclusively use Experel which is a longer acting pain medication. It works very well. I still offer pain pump option to patients if they really want it.It's best to have a thorough in person consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon in your area to discuss all of your treatment options. Best of luck!Dr. Dhaval M.PatelDouble Board Certified Plastic SurgeonChicago-Water Tower Place, Oakbrook, Hoffman Estates, South Barrington
For almost a decade, we used pain pumps to deliver local numbing medicine to the surgical site after tummy tucks and breast augmentation. Since 2013, I have used Exparel, a longer acting numbing medication that we inject one time during surgery. This has provided better post-operative pain control than the pumps. In fact, almost none of our tummy tuck or breast augmentation patients require any narcotic pain pills following surgery!