I work as a nurse and took about two weeks off for my procedure. So technically I'll have exactly 14 days following my surgery to return to work. Is that enough time? There will be no muscle repair and my PS won't be using drains.
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Thank you for your post. Seromas can be painful and cause a cosmetic deformity, as well as sometimes leak. The whole point of drains is to keep a seroma from happening in the first place. If a drainless procedure was performed, and you had a seroma, or you had drains that were pulled and you...
I am sorry to hear about your discomfort. It sounds like you have nerve irritation from the operation. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve runs in that area and can be irritated after surgery. This should subside but if it is considerably irritating then there are done medications...
Based on your photos, your tummy tuck was performed fairly recently and you still have a bit of swelling. As your swelling subsides, I would expect the contour of your belly button to improve significantly, though this may take several months. IF you are left with a less-than-ideal...