Swelling goes away during the night and returns in morning as I become more active. Doesn’t actually hurt just a little uncomfortable bloated feeling. I quite wearing the binder last Thursday. IShould I still be wearing it and for how long? I go back to dr in January.
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The deep nerves affecting reflexes are nowhere close to the tummy tuck area and shouldn't be affected. If anything, it could be medication related, but can't anatomically be related to surgery.
But in my opinion and with my techniques (discontinuous undermining) blood supply is BETTER with the anchor abdominoplasty. If you have tons of lax skin, such that occurs with major weight losses, those patients want their skin removed. The anchor will do that whereas the traditional tuck w...
You may want to sleep with pillows under your shoulders and under your knees to keep you in a flexed position. My patients have found it most comfortable to sleep in a recliner chair that they can adjust. Good luck.
