Hi,I'm going on two weeks since I had my tummy tuck procedure and everything seems to be healing fine except my vaginal area got very swollen after the first week. Is this normal and is there something I can do to reduce the swelling?
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Some surgeons use compression garments and some surgeons do not. I have gone back-and-forth with the use of these but now use them routinely. I have my patients were their garments for six weeks 23 hours a day. Please check with your particular surgeon as to his or her protocol concerning...
Bruising is certainly expected after a tummy tuck, and different patients will get different amounts of bruising. In the situation you describe, where you went back to surgery to stop some bleeding, it would be expected to have additional bruising. This bruising can show up a bit...
Plicating the muscles (internal corset) pulls the overlying tissue with it creating a bulge in the upper abdomen and if not spread out adequately will create a bulge. If you do a crunch and the bulge worsens, you have a weakness of that area. If you had a mini-tuck, this could be a...