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For metabolic reasons after abdominoplasty the body tends to hold on to salt and water. This will be aggravated by high salt diet. Try to limit sodium intake to 2 g or less per day.
A good balanced diet is best for the healing process. As a matter of good health it is good to avoid excessive amounts of sodium as well as processed foods. In any event unless your are malnourished your diet will not affect your healing after an abdominoplasty.
Diet high in Salt ( sodium) and processed food help you retain fluid, gain weight and facilitate adoption of a less than healthy lifestyle. It is a matter of time when the weight gain will show and depending on the amount of weight gain you will soon have excess skin, stretched scars and excess fat deposition in the area around your tummy.
High sodium diet soon after tummy tuck will make your body retain more fluid. You may retain fluid longer after tummy tuck. However, it will not affect long-term tummy tuck outcome. Obviously, you do want to keep a healthy diet after tummy tuck so that you do not gain weight and maintain your body healthy.
If it is a sudden change from a healthier sounding diet there might be a bit more swelling, but in the average person, particularly if this is not a dietary change, probably no affect.
Hello, Arnica has a spotty track record, and is considered slightly better than placebo at best in reducing bruising. Turmeric is unproven. Coconut oil is unproven. If you want the finest scar possible, consider post operative tape therapy to mechanically reduce the forces...
Cost constraints and medical necessity has in our area made 'usual' testing unusual. We ask only for lab testing specific to individual circumstances. Patients over fifty are asked for an EKG within six months, and those who have a medical condition managed by a physician such as high blood...
Fat after abdominoplasty or tummy tuck as noted in the other answers , fat within the belly needs to respond to diet and exercise. fat under the skin can undergo additional liposuction for contouring.
Liposuction is commonly used to contour the flanks at the same time as a tummy tuck. You may want to see another plastic surgeon to get at least another opinion on the matter. However, judging by your photo, liposuction would enhance your results. There is a midline scar on your...
Hello, It is very common to have suture material or "stitches" poke through the incision. The tummy tuck incision is closed in layers using a variety of different suture material. The layer of sutures placed closest to the skin can tend to poke through the incision before your body has time...
Thank you for your post. Seromas can be painful and cause a cosmetic deformity, as well as sometimes leak. The whole point of drains is to keep a seroma from happening in the first place. If a drainless procedure was performed, and you had a seroma, or you had drains that were pulled and you...
