I’m 5 weeks post op from tummy tuck and muscle repair and swollen. It normally happens after a hour or so. It’s like I swell up after work.
Answer: Is it normal to become swollen everytime I take my faja off at night time? Thank you for sharing your excellent question. It would be very common to have an increase in tissue swelling after use of any compression garment, especially at night time when most people naturally swell. This should improve with more maturation time of your results, so hang in there, it is not impacting your long-term results. Hope this helps.
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Answer: Is it normal to become swollen everytime I take my faja off at night time? Thank you for sharing your excellent question. It would be very common to have an increase in tissue swelling after use of any compression garment, especially at night time when most people naturally swell. This should improve with more maturation time of your results, so hang in there, it is not impacting your long-term results. Hope this helps.
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Answer: Is it normal to become swollen everytime I take my faja off at night time? Hello. Great question. You are still early in your recovery process. It is normal to still have swelling. It can take up to six months for all the swelling to go down. Keep following our surgeon's post op instructions.
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Answer: Is it normal to become swollen everytime I take my faja off at night time? Hello. Great question. You are still early in your recovery process. It is normal to still have swelling. It can take up to six months for all the swelling to go down. Keep following our surgeon's post op instructions.
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January 31, 2019
Answer: Abdominoplasty Hello and thank you for the question. It is not uncommon to experience abdominal swelling early after abdominoplasty. Your symptoms should resolve over the next several weeks. Stay in close contact with your surgeon. Best,
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January 31, 2019
Answer: Abdominoplasty Hello and thank you for the question. It is not uncommon to experience abdominal swelling early after abdominoplasty. Your symptoms should resolve over the next several weeks. Stay in close contact with your surgeon. Best,
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January 31, 2019
Answer: Swelling Swelling is common and expected after tummy tuck surgery. As you progress through recovery and return to normal routines you will find that it may fluctuate with your activity level. Swelling will last for several months yet. I encourage you to discuss your concerns with your surgeon and follow all post operative instructions.
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January 31, 2019
Answer: Swelling Swelling is common and expected after tummy tuck surgery. As you progress through recovery and return to normal routines you will find that it may fluctuate with your activity level. Swelling will last for several months yet. I encourage you to discuss your concerns with your surgeon and follow all post operative instructions.
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April 10, 2021
Answer: Swelling after tummy tuck This is a great question. Swelling (edema) after any injury (surgery included) results when the lymphatics draining the area are overwhelmed and water backs up into the tissues. Areas of healing are metabolically very active and require increased blood supply and leak more fluid, thus the swelling until the system recovers. This can take months to completely resolve but most of this improves over the first 6-8 weeks. I tell my patients that salty food, alcohol and increased activity will make this swelling worse and each patient after about 3 weeks needs to discover what the tissue will tolerate and not get too swollen. Compression garments squeeze the tissue and may help this resolution but, when removed, the swelling returns until the body is fully recovered. This is all a natural occurrence of any surgery. Keep the faith, it sounds like you are doing great and this will improve in the coming weeks.
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April 10, 2021
Answer: Swelling after tummy tuck This is a great question. Swelling (edema) after any injury (surgery included) results when the lymphatics draining the area are overwhelmed and water backs up into the tissues. Areas of healing are metabolically very active and require increased blood supply and leak more fluid, thus the swelling until the system recovers. This can take months to completely resolve but most of this improves over the first 6-8 weeks. I tell my patients that salty food, alcohol and increased activity will make this swelling worse and each patient after about 3 weeks needs to discover what the tissue will tolerate and not get too swollen. Compression garments squeeze the tissue and may help this resolution but, when removed, the swelling returns until the body is fully recovered. This is all a natural occurrence of any surgery. Keep the faith, it sounds like you are doing great and this will improve in the coming weeks.
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