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BBL, tummy tuck & muscle repair in 1 surgery - recovery actually went quick
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Cool735820September 15, 2023
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I was googling abdominal plasty surgeons and came across Dr Chens website. I liked the fact that Dr Chen is a reconstruction plastic surgeon and works with babies who have cleft palate issues. For me that was the reason I chose to have a consultation with her and not some cosmetic dr advertising for really cheap.
My consultation went great and we were both on the same page as far as me having a diastasis and would need something more than just liposuction and a BBL. Although you really only wanted my muscle repaired and did not want to cut my skin off as far as a tummy tuck goes. But she assured me that a tummy tuck was the way to go since down the road after I got just my muscle repaired I would def need the extra skin that would be there removed, so why not just do it all in one surgery.
So I scheduled my surgery date 5 months down the road since I would need the time off work I just started and wanted to accrue time off.
Dr Chen told me that her patients usually only take 9 days off work. And over these past 5 months I started to wonder if that would be enough time since my co-worker had to take 4 weeks off for the same procedure. Minus the BBL that I also got added to it. My co-worker had what was called drainless tummy tuck and I had 2 drains with mine.
I decided to use a recovery house for 2 nights due to the fact my kids worked and wanted someone to leek after me the first 48 hours.
To my surprise my recovery actually went very quick. The second day I was down to 1 pain pill every 6 hours. And I was completely off them by day 5. The 3 rd day when I was home I was walking around on my own making sandwiches to take with my food, and even washed my hair. My first drain was out on the 5th day and my second drain was out by the 7th day. I was even driving by that 7th day also. I plan to return to work on the 20th which would make it 19 days, less than 3 weeks off work.
I would definitely recommend Dr Chen to my friends and family since she really does care about her patients and their outcomes. She even called me the day after to see how I was feeling.
My consultation went great and we were both on the same page as far as me having a diastasis and would need something more than just liposuction and a BBL. Although you really only wanted my muscle repaired and did not want to cut my skin off as far as a tummy tuck goes. But she assured me that a tummy tuck was the way to go since down the road after I got just my muscle repaired I would def need the extra skin that would be there removed, so why not just do it all in one surgery.
So I scheduled my surgery date 5 months down the road since I would need the time off work I just started and wanted to accrue time off.
Dr Chen told me that her patients usually only take 9 days off work. And over these past 5 months I started to wonder if that would be enough time since my co-worker had to take 4 weeks off for the same procedure. Minus the BBL that I also got added to it. My co-worker had what was called drainless tummy tuck and I had 2 drains with mine.
I decided to use a recovery house for 2 nights due to the fact my kids worked and wanted someone to leek after me the first 48 hours.
To my surprise my recovery actually went very quick. The second day I was down to 1 pain pill every 6 hours. And I was completely off them by day 5. The 3 rd day when I was home I was walking around on my own making sandwiches to take with my food, and even washed my hair. My first drain was out on the 5th day and my second drain was out by the 7th day. I was even driving by that 7th day also. I plan to return to work on the 20th which would make it 19 days, less than 3 weeks off work.
I would definitely recommend Dr Chen to my friends and family since she really does care about her patients and their outcomes. She even called me the day after to see how I was feeling.
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Replies (3)
September 18, 2023
I can’t say there’s anything specific I did. Everyone heals differently. I do feel staying at the recovery house helped and I had a nurse 24/7 to watch over me. I had those leg compression devices on my legs the whole time and having someone else take care of me and give me my meds and cook for me really helped.
What a great recovery, thanks for sharing with the community! Do you think there's any specific you did that helped a bit?