I am starting to panic because I needed to get off of prescription pain killers due to nausea and took Motrin 10 days post TT with muscle repair + hernia surgery. I took 2 pills at about 12pm and 2 pills at about 4 pm. Anything I should watch out for? I have what I think is normal swelling in the abdomen, discomfort wearing the binder, still one drain in, but otherwise everything checked out ok at my 1 week follow-up. Thanks!
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An important thing to understand is that for the majority of patient’s a tummy tuck should never be considered a weight loss procedure. A tummy tuck is usually performed to remove excess skin that diet and exercise will not remove. As such, the total weight removal with these procedures is o...
The issue is whether the thickness of fatty tissue is too great to safely perform a tummy tuck...undermining the skin up to the ribcage if the fatty layer is too thick can lead to significant healing problems, and of course a tummy tuck does not remove fat that is intraperitoneal or what is...