How Soon Can I Start Taking the Birth Control Pill After TT?

This is an important question. Birth control pills can increase your risk for clotting especially in the first several months. I would discuss this issue at length with your gynecologist and plastic surgeon for specific recommendations tailored to you and the procedures performed.

I do not routinely stop the pills but if you do you may resume the pills once you are fully ambulatory. The pills can make you slightly more prone to developing clots in your legs (DVT). Be sure of DVT prophylaxis and ask your surgeon to take adequate precautions.

Dr. Ajaya Kashyap, MD FACS

Continue all regularly taken medications except any blood thinning medications. If you have any questions about which ones to discontinue, contact your surgeon for a list. 

I'm unaware of any specific recommendations for resuming birth control pills after abdominoplasty. I think you could resume him safely immediately afterwards but there may not be a reason to do that.

      I usually recommend stopping about one month before surgery and restarting one month after surgery, but ask your surgeon of your choice.  Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of tummy tucks each year.  Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.  Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA