I am home now on recovery from a TT taking oxycodone for pain management but I find myself hearing my heartbeat through my left ear. I read the pamphlet in meds and I don't see anything about it is this a bad sign? Just wondering if this is normal or if I need to call my dr. On Monday any help would be great thank you.
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Thank
you very much for your enquiry.I think
if you are having any difficulty breathing following a tummy tuck it would be
worth getting yourself checked out by your surgeon just to make sure there is
nothing wrong other than the recovery period following surgery.
Generally
your surgeon or...
In my experience,
adding inner thigh liposuction to a tummy tuck procedure does not increase the
overall recovery period. That being
said, I would think that it would be difficult to adequately perform inner
thigh liposuction via the abdominoplasty incision alone. I would typically make an...
Hi KAT_P, photos would have been helpful. Nonetheless, please know that loose skin when bending over is common after a tummy tuck in large weight loss patients. Generally speaking, stretched skin has poor elastic recoil or snap so the degree of shaping may be limited. Also, you should judge the...
