I had a tummy tuck with lipo on the flanks 5 weeks ago. I'm doing really well, standing straight and almost back to normal activities. I only take 600mg Ibuprofen twice a day. My PS says everything is healing fine but when will I not be so very sore in all the areas that had surgery? Is there anything I can do to speed up the recovery? I'm still a little swollen too but I guess that's normal. I can't stand anything around my waist.
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Tightness of the abdominal wall and a pulling sensation on the incision line is quite common after tummy tuck surgery. The tightness relaxes with time and eventually completely fades away. But you seem to be describing a bit more severe of a pulling issue than what I would consider normal. It is...
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