Tummy Tuck Result Ruined from Straining on my First Bowel Movement in a Week?

Thank you for the question.

It would be very unusual for you to have done any damage with “ straining on the first bowel movement”;  it generally requires significant pressure to break the sutures typically used for muscle plication during tummy tuck surgery. Also, if any damage had been done you would likely know it....

I would suggest follow-up with your plastic surgeon for much more reassuring examination.

Best wishes with the remainder of your recovery.

I doubt that you have done any serious damage to your abdomen.  More likely, you are experiencing some pain in the abdominal wall from the straining, but it is unlikely that you tore the muscle plication.  I would recommend that you have your surgeon reevaluate you to ease your mind.

 

While Potentially you could have damaged your tummy tuck repair, that is very unlikely. It would take either a sudden large force or a longer sustained force acting a a poor repair done on poor / weak tissues to cause a rip in the muscle repair. Relax. See your surgeon and he would reassure you.