Tummy Tuck Recovery and You
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios

Undergoing a tummy tuck is a major surgical procedure, and tummy tuck recovery can range from a couple of weeks to a few months or so.

The correct terminology for a tummy tuck is an Abdominoplasty. This is carried out to tighten the walls and muscles of the abdomen. It's an excellent method of reducing a protruding stomach, but side effects from having a tummy tuck include infection, scarring and a slow tummy tuck recovery period.

If you have a lot of weight to lose, having a tummy tuck is not a magical solution to help you lose it, and any respectable surgeon would refuse to consider any obese person for this type of surgery. The risks from the surgery and anesthesia for instance would be too much for both the patient and the surgeon to consider. Any obese person undertaking this procedure would find their tummy tuck recovery period prolonged because of major complications resulting from the surgery.

Any woman who is contemplating becoming pregnant or who has recently undergone a pregnancy should postpone any type of tummy tuck surgery. For a woman who is considering pregnancy, there may be too great a strain on the scar, and for a woman who has undergone a recent pregnancy, she should be cautioned that her body needs to recover from her pregnancy first.

There can be some post operative problems to worry about, and these include blood clots, infection of the wound such as MRSA, chest infections. Also some people seem to have very poor healing skin, and they may find their wound takes much longer to heal thus prolonging their stay in hospital and delaying their tummy tuck recovery.

Other people who should be cautioned against having a tummy tuck include those who have undergone previous abdominal surgery, especially if it has left some scarring. In all of these instances, tummy tuck recovery would be greatly compromised.

Moving about as soon as you are able to get out of bed promotes healing of the wound and assists in a faster tummy tuck recovery time. It's important that people realize that staying in bed after a major surgical procedure is possibly the worst thing they can do.

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