Hello, I had dog ear revision done on both sides a week ago. They removed the bandage that was covering it today. It is elevated like a seam, not flat? She said they used dissolvable stitches, which she enforced 4times to ensure it doesn't open? The outer stitches should fall off within a week or two. Can the outer stitches be the reason why it looks raised like a seam? Thanks.
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Weight gain in the first weeks after tummy tucks and liposuction is very common and is, as you have mentioned, the result of fluid retention. Much of this fluid will be shed by 3 to 4 weeks after surgery and you should be back to either your presurgical weight or even less by then.
Heavy Lifting After Tummy Tuck will most likely be after 6 or more weeks to prevent injury. Your plastic surgeon will give you his/her most accurate advice on this. In general:Following surgery, you will be walking in a bent-over position to keep tension off the newly tightened skin incision...