My doctor asked me to wear spanks for 6 weeks after lipo/tummy tuck. He alo provided me a Velcro binder that wraps around my stomach for the first week post op. he wanted me to switch to spanks after that, which I assumed was bc you can see the spanks when I start to go out, but the binder is large and I wear it comfortably outside my shirt. The spanks are hurting my stomach badly so I took them off and put back on the Velcro wrap around. Is that still considered a compression garment?
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Tylenol PM should be okay to take prior to surgery. I would avoid aspirin or aspirin containing products as well as ibuprofen. If in doubt call your plastic surgeon first.
Frankly, this is not a "problem” that I have encountered clinically. It may very well be a situation where only time will tell whether, as scar tissue forms around the mesh, the mesh will become less palpable.
Sorry, I cannot provide you with more precise/meaningful information.
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