What happens if I laugh or cough post-op? Will it affect my stitches?

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Does laughing and coughing in the first 4-5 days of the procedure affect inner stitches?

Burcak Tok, MD · Answer

Laughing or sneezing in the first five days after surgery does not cause any problems with your stitches. However, I do not recommend heavy sports, cycling, long-term walking.

Falguni Patel, MD, FACOG · Answer

Most are not laughing after a vaginoplasty and perineoplasty!  When muscles are put back together, it is definitely uncomfortable and laughing is the last thing my patients are doing.  But any excessive straining such as deep coughing, lifting, straining can have an impact of the stitches and the muscles and tissue it surrounds and tear can happen.   The one thing I find very helpful in recovery immediately after a vaginoplasty is having soft bowel movements and avoiding constipation at all cost.  The recovery is smoother and the end results are very much loved.

Mark N. Scheinberg, MD · Answer

Thank you for your questionHard coughing can affect the urethral and bladder repair sutures but it rarely occurs. Otherwise you are safe

Marco A. Pelosi III, MD, FACOG, FACS · Answer

Short answer: nothing will happen. Long answer: heavy straining or lifting that is frequent and prolonged will put serious stress on the muscles that were sutured and might cause loosening of freshly stitched scars. Laughing and coughing are neither of these.

What happens if I laugh or cough post-op? Will it affect my stitches?

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