
Tips on Recovering from Your Tummy Tuck Surgery
Recovery from a tummy tuck surgery will take time and in the early stages be rather uncomfortable. An abdominoplasty operation is serious surgery and should not be underestimated.
On awakening after the abdominoplasty surgery, you may be groggy from the anaesthetic. From my own experience, you actually probably won’t remember much of the first day or two and should take it easy over this initial period.
Post the surgery, your abdomen may be very swollen and it may be very painful to move. Don’t wait for pain to be unbearable before you request pain medication. Take the medication given at the times prescribed as you will actually use less pain medication if you take it on time than if you wait for the pain to become severe. As pain interferes with healing there is no reason to suffer unduly.