| Obtaining tummy tuck surgery can get you desirable | | | | advised to start walking carefully a few days |
| results, but remember that it is a serious procedure. | | | | afterward, and might be outfitted with elastic stockings, |
| That means that there is a recovery period to be | | | | too. |
| prepared for. Unlike some types of plastic surgery, this | | | | Your stitches will probably be removed within about a |
| is not a lunchtime treatment, so get ready to take it | | | | week, but you will still have to wear a compression |
| easy for weeks. Find out how to make the recovery | | | | garment around the abdominals for weeks after a |
| period easier on you. | | | | tummy tuck. Though you might be able to return to |
| You will likely still be fuzzy from the anesthesia after | | | | work and some daily activities about a week or two |
| the tummy tuck, or at least in some discomfort. | | | | after the procedure, you should avoid strenuous |
| Because of this, you should have a friend or family | | | | movements for at least six weeks. So if your job |
| member drive you home after the procedure. The | | | | requires heavy lifting or similar movement, plan on |
| abdominal area will likely be wrapped in bandages, and | | | | taking a lot of time off. Alternatively, you can ask your |
| you will be instructed to lie down as much as possible | | | | employer if you can perform some other task, such as |
| directly following the treatment. Clearly, you will need to | | | | desk duties, while you heal. |
| take at least a week off work, and plan on forgetting | | | | If you make it through the first few weeks without |
| about your usual daily routine for at least that long. | | | | getting an infection, opening your incisions accidentally, |
| Swelling, bruising, and general discomfort are to be | | | | or having to return to the surgeon unexpectedly due to |
| expected while you recover, especially for the first | | | | an issue, it should be smooth sailing. Just listen to your |
| few days. You will be given pain pills, and be instructed | | | | doctor in order to continue the healing process. You |
| to keep an eye out for excessive bleeding, sudden | | | | should see results of the tummy tuck quite soon, and |
| redness around the incision, or a fever. In order to | | | | the scarring should continue to fade throughout the |
| prevent infection, you will need to follow the advice | | | | year. By then, you will likely have realized that the |
| from your doctor when it comes to cleaning under the | | | | surgery was definitely worth the few weeks of taking |
| bandages. To avoid blood clots, you will probably be | | | | it easy while you recovered. |