All recoveries follow a general course. After your surgery is complete, Dr. Brooks can give you a more specific schedule for your recovery. If you are like most patients, you should start to return to normal about two months after the procedure.
Every patient is different, and so is every tummy tuck surgery. The larger the operation, the longer it will take for it to return to normal. In Beldholm's experience, patients often report that they begin to feel “normal” again three months after surgery. But even at this stage, there is ongoing inflammation and the scar continues reddened.
Keep reading to learn more about what to expect while recovering from tummy tuck. During the second month after the operation, you should be able to resume your normal life. Some people only need six weeks to recover to the point where they can resume their normal exercise routine. Others won't be able to resume strenuous physical activity until eight weeks after surgery. In addition, approximately 42 days after surgery, you should be able to stop wearing the compression garment.
This depends, but most patients start to feel “normal” after cosmetic abdominal surgery around the fourth or fifth week of recovery. At this point, you can go back to work or school, and you can even start exercising again. There's no question that you'll feel more like yourself about two to three months after surgery, and you should be fully recovered and healed after a full year. In general, you'll feel a little better around the second week and before the third week, but you'll still have some pain and you may still need the use of a prescription pain reliever.
Hartley has an excellent understanding of my goals and has the incredible abilities that help me strive to look and feel my best. You can usually expect to feel extremely tired for about a day after surgery if you don't take prescription opioids after surgery. Patients who undergo a tummy tuck may also experience a feeling of tightness in the abdomen because the skin has been cut and reattached. I have been to the office for several appointments and each time they see me promptly and I never feel in a hurry.
Rouch was amazing in making me feel comfortable and secure with his decision and letting him take it in his hands. I was very happy with my subsequent results. Once again, it was only the fourth day and I can say that I will feel safe from now on and ready to contribute to my community. As soon as I found this place, I knew it was going to be the right place for me, all the staff, everyone makes you feel at home, even knowing my doctor, everyone was incredible that I also had surgery on me by Dr. The attention he and his staff paid to the details of the specific procedures made me feel at ease and well informed before and after the surgery.
I will add that revisiting surgery after cancer evokes negative feelings and was difficult to deal with. This is because the sensory nerves in the skin were damaged during surgery (this is normal, after all, you just had surgery)).
