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Hello! After muscle repair associated with TT, you may get bloating and that can be uncomfortable. I sometimes see this last as long as a year. And the symptoms may be related to specific food groups (gluten?) so you should try to figure out which foods provide more problems.
It is normal to have a decreased appetite after tummy tuck and also feeling full sooner than you did before having a tummy tuck. Surgery and anesthesia in itself can decrease your appetite for a week or more. The tightening of the abdominal muscle which is performed during a tummy tuck also leads to you felling full more quickly. What you are experiencing is most likely normal but I would set up an appointment with your plastic surgeon to discuss Best of luckRaymond Jean MD Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Bryn Mawr Philadelphia PA 19010
During a tummy tuck, the muscles are frequently tightened. This is important since the rectus (six pack) muscles spread apart during pregnancy- essentially we are "synching down the corset." Patients will experience a sense of tightness for several weeks. The skin will also feel tight in the...
Dear JRB. I have been in practice for 30 years and performed tummy tuck on well over 1000 patients. Only one patient (male) had skin tightening only, tummy tuck. The rest of my patients had skin and muscle tightening tummy tuck surgery, because it is extremely rare to see patients after c...
Yes, you are correct. Hormone replacement therapy, whether the hormone replacement is oral, pellets, injection, topical, or intrauterine with an IUD, increases the risk of venous thrombosis, also known as blood clots. Ultimately, it is you who is undergoing the procedure so you have to be the o...
