Intense Burning Pain in Thigh After Full Tummy Tuck & Liposuction to Abs - Normal?

Excruciating burning pain in a specific area describes nerve pain and may be due to nerve injury.  There are specific medications for nerve pain which can help.  

There is a nerve near you hip bone called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve that can be injured during a TT.  The nerve may be compressed by the tight skin or garment (binder), a suture and/or swelling.  This will cause tingling, burning pain and numbness on the front and side of your thigh.  The fact that you are having the pain would indicate the nerve is intact and wasn't cut.  Anti-inflammatories are the place to start.  I have seen this only a few times in 21 years.  I injected the area around the nerve near the hip with a local anesthetic plus steroids much as orthopedists do for joint inflammation.  There is also oral steroids (Medrol dose pack) or plain old ibuprofen ( I give 600 mg four times a day but never before 10 days post-op).  The measures you are using are not enouigh for such severe pain.  Anti-deppressants (Cymbalta especially) can decrease nerve pain which is probably why your surgeon prescribed it.  Other drugs that can help with nerve pain are Elavil, Neurtontin and more recently Lyrica (works well, but expensive).  Talk to your surgeon about using something stronger.  The injection usually works right away and can be followed up with oral medications.  One time only I had to repeat the injection after a few weeks.  In rare cases (I have never had this happen) the pain persists and becomes chronic.  In this case you may need surgery to either free the nerve or cut it.  There is every reason to expect recovery.  See your surgeon soon about this.