Safe to Have Massage Days Before Tummy Tuck with Lipo?

It is not unusual to have some sort of serosanguinous drainage from the belly button after a tummy tuck.  After two weeks, things should be healing up pretty well, but you can still have a little drainage or dealtyed wound healing in the area.  If your surgeon has seen the area and...

Hi there- Pleating of the incision is very common and in most cases settles over time... It is way too early in the healing process for you to be scrutinizing the details of your outcome and allowing yourself to stress about tiny imperfections and whether or not you need a...

Hi there- It sounds like you are feeling some of the deep tissue sutures used to close your incision, and/or the scar tissue produced by your body in response to them, but without examining you, it would be impossible to know for sure. Your best bet is going to be to visit your surgeon...

Hi there- 6 weeks is an awfully long time to be bent over... I recommend you visit your surgeon. Most patients are upright within a week...

Thank you for your question regarding whether you can perform a tummy tuck and a gallbladder removal surgery simultaneously. Plastic surgeons get this question all the time. The consensus is no; you should not combine a gallbladder removal surgery with a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty. Combining...