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Give you body time to heal after surgery - you will need healthy calories to allow your body to recover. I would not recommend going back on any diet pills or any nutrition restriction until at least 1-2 months following surgery. A multivitamin and some supplements are ok to start earlier, but I would talk to your surgeon about specifics since many can make you more prone to bleeding. Best wishes,Dr. Michelle Spring
Thank you for your question. I would wait at least 8-12 weeks before starting a weight loss supplement. Ask your surgeon for his or her recommendations when to restart.
It is always best to consult your surgeon for his or her recommendations. It is also best to continue weight loss using a healthy balanced diet and exercise as all medications and supplements can have undesirable side effects. Your body needs energy and good nutrition to heal its post surgical wounds, therefore, it is unwise to severely restrict your caloric intake, limit the variety of your diet or take diet pills/weight loss supplements in the postoperative period. Give your body at least 4 weeks to heal and recover before actively continuing any weight loss program.
After having a surgery of this type the body need to repair the damage cause by the surgery it self and you will need nutrients, and diet supplements as vitamins, aminoacids, proteins and other elements; the repair of the damage will take between 3-6 months but the complete recuperation of the tissues will take upto 18 months; the in take of this medication is not advisable because it will slow down your full recuperation and can take more time ! I strongly recommend you avoid this supplements for now.
Swelling in the tissues should for the most part be resolved at 8 months. Causes for this may involve a seroma under the skin which is fluid accumulating in the dissection plane. You need to be evaluated by your plastic sugeon to determine this. Another reason may be dehiscence...
The photo shows a small infection in the incision that is related to a rejecting desolvable suture. We sometime call this a stitch abscess. This continues until the infected stitch is removed or comes out by itself. I would consult you plastic surgeon again. As you know the post operative care...
Ordinarily I wouldn't think that the tummy tuck is related to your skin changes. However if there has been an extreme loss of weight, perhaps your levels of hormones circulating have changed. Fat in the body participates in some of the metabolism of estrogen. This would be best addressed by...
Seroma after abdominoplasty is one of the more common complications that can occur. Typically, these are small fluid collections that can be aspirated in the office and resolve rapidly after that. Wide undermining of the abdominoplasty skin flap creates raw surfaces and space under...
It's difficult to make recommendations online based on the photos provide. So , I suggest you begin with an in-person consultation with a board certified plastic surgery to learn if you are a candidate for a surgical procedure. If deemed a candidate, you may benefit from a #drainless tummy tuck....
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