I've taken melatonin for several years and it does wonders for helping me stay asleep (otherwise I wake up every 2 hrs). I stopped taking it 2 weeks before surgery as instructed, is it ok to start taking it again? I'm not on any pain medication at all (since day 3) and drains were removed today.
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Sometimes when areas of skin get stressed like after surgery, their pigment can change color. Any healing and scarring (which is concentrated around the belly button after a tummy tuck) can go through color changes but should lighten with time. Just give it a few more months and then...
Everyone does things differently. I use one drain and remove it earlier than most but I also use quilting sutures on the skin flap. But drains should not be left in longer than about 2 weeks. I have seen patients whose drains themselves are irritating and cause massive fluid output.
These machines often are better at suctioning money out of your pocket than fat from your body.If you have had two C-sections, chances are you will not have any tummy tightening without some form of surgical tummy tuck.
