Can I Request a Hospital Stay?

If you are concerned about postop recovery, I would encourage you to have the procedure at a hospital or surgery center where you can stay overnight.  This has been the traditional way to recover from this procedure and only in recent years have outpatient tummy tucks become popular.   In addition, if you are having significant amount of fascial tightening, a hospital recovery may be worth it since your discomfort will be increased.

Excellent question! I encourage most of my full tummy tuck patient's to spend an evening in the hospital. In Boca Raton, our hospital has a wonderful "VIP" floor which allows for a quiet night's rest but with the added security of excellent and available nursing. Assistance with getting out of bed, managing drains, assuring proper positioning, and the use of a pain pump all reduce patient anxiety about that "first night after surgery." The cost for an overnight stay is very reasonable. By all means, when you do consult with surgeons, be sure you feel comfortable with the facility they operate prior to booking your surgery.

Hello,
Thank you for the question.  You may have your tummy tuck in a hospital and stay overnight but I would encourage your plastic surgeon to pre arrange if possible cash prices for both your surgery and your overnight stay as the regular price of doing is astronomical.  An accredited surgery center has all of the same policies, procedures, and equipment as a hospital.  Since a hospital thus far less cosmetic procedures than a surgery center they are likely to have less experience with these type of cases.
All the best,
Dr Remus Repta