Pubic Area Appears Bigger After Tummy Tuck

With a conventional tummy tuck, considerable skin and fat is removed. The upper and lower skin areas (flaps) are then pulled together. This causes tightening in the upper flap, a desired effect, but can also elevate the mons area. The more radical the tummy tuck, the greater this effect may be. Most patients consider some mons elevation a plus, since the mons tends to "sag" after pregnancies.
Shortly after surgery, there is swelling and firmness due to healing and swelling from the liposuction that is often performed at the same time as the tummy tuck. Of course patients should make sure with their doctors that this swelling does not represent a collection of fluid, but that is easy to determine at your doctor's office during a postoperative check.
Patients are often under the impression that making an extra low incision will leave the final incision lower, and therefore more concealed by a bikini-type garment.
This can be false.
The lower the incision, the more skin and fat must be removed, since the upper incision is above the belly button. In many patients, especially patients with high belly buttons or thinner patients who have less excess skin and fat to be removed, this can cause excessive tightness.
Excessive tightness leads to poor scarring and weird elevation and elongation of the pubic structures, an uncorrectable and disturbing problem. Excessive tension on the incision also predisposes to poor wound healing and greatly increases the chance of the skin pulling apart, necessitating weeks or months of dressing changes.
So every patient is different. A skilled plastic surgeon can draw where the anticipated incisions will be during surgery, and estimate where your final incision will be.
It is not realistic for every patient to have a "bikini incision" after a full tummy tuck.

Hi @Ariela, Thanks for your question. The pubic area, may change after a Tummy Tuck for several reasons. Swelling follows gravity so this may be the last area to recover especially if you're not wearing a properly fitted compression garment. I recommend a girdle compression garment which covers and includes that area. Since you are only 6 weeks out, it's likely to be related to swelling which should improve.
The other possibility is that perhaps only your tummy area was addressed and the pubic area was not lifted, liposuctioned or addressed. This may cause it to look relatively larger. 
I would recommend you seek out the advice of your plastic surgeon who can advise you on next steps. 
Thanks!
Dr. Chopra

It is very common for the mons pubis to be swollen following a tummy tuck and it can take months for it to completely resolve.  I would allow the swelling to completely resolve before making a decision about the size of your mons pubis.  A compression garment may help and I strongly suggest you discuss it with your PS.