Tummy Tuck Swelling
Swelling after tummy tuck are usually unavoidable. Most surgeries at the end are always accompanied by edema. But their manifestations depend on the nature of exactly how a tummy tuck, and from the body of the patient.
Post tummy tuck swelling tips
Tummy tuck surgery recovery swelling
- On 2-3 days after tummy tuck surgery, swelling is the most massive, and then gradually subsides. Already at the end of the week the swelling is decrease significantly, but they pass usually only in the second week. In order to remove the swelling after surgery, or at least speed up the process of their disappearance, you should follow a few simple tips: Avoid anything that can cause swelling at all. That is, it is not necessary to drink plenty of water and do not eat a lot of salt (especially at night). Salt as much as possible should generally be excluded from the diet, at least for a while.
- Do not take a hot bath. Better to take a contrast shower – it will improve blood circulation, and therefore, water masses will not accumulate further.
- It is not necessary after a tummy tuck to expose yourself to high loads, it can negatively affect both the general condition, and for swelling in particular.
- You should avoid prolonged exposure to the sun. Heating the body in such a way sometimes contributes to the appearance of puffiness or increase an existing swelling.
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Tummy tuck recovery swelling
Wear loose, comfortable clothes to you, and avoid tight clothing.
- During sleep, try to have the surgical part of the body on the hill.
- Despite the fact that when you are just visiting the bath / sauna, the body loses enough water, during swelling a visiting of such places is not recommended.
- Eliminate alcohol from your diet – it contributes to the poisoning of the body, causing swelling and increases their exposure.
- Can be taken special diuretics for output of excess water from the body.
- Remember, that to remove the swelling after tummy tuck, it is first necessary to consult with your doctor. He will give you all the necessary recommendations, the names of essential drugs and possibly prescribe a course of massage or special decongestants exercises.
Tummy tuck recovery swelling
Swelling after tummy tuck surgery
Currently, is an accepted fact that even superbly performed cosmetic surgery should be supplemented by a mandatory set of physical therapy, which allows you to speed up the recovery process after the intervention, as well as maintain the results achieved in the longer term.
That is why modern clinics that perform cosmetic surgery, are staffed by beauticians or work closely with them. Tummy tuck is a complex surgical procedure, in which main attribute is a fairly extended scar.
Located within the patient’s underwear, it is easy to hide from prying eyes, but not from the view of most patients. Immediately after removal of sutures, the scar is a long, thin line, which quickly becomes intense pink color and dense to the touch.
Swelling after abdominoplasty
All aforesaid is typical for immature not strong postoperative tummy tuck scar. So the first task is to accelerate ripening, causing it to become pale, subtle, soft and elastic to the touch. There are several methods, which combination gives the best results.
The treatment is desirable to begin immediately after complete healing of surgical wounds. In the afternoon, in the area of the scar, you should rub the gel contractubex (2-3 times), avoiding application to the residual crusts or sores.
Improved penetration of the above preparation may be with help of ultrasonically. If the scar begins to rise above the normal skin, then instead contractubex during the procedure you can use hydrocortisone. At night, the term of 12 hours, you can apply additional silicone plate “Elastoderm”, “Epi-Derm” or “Mepiform.”
Recovery swelling tummy tuck
It has been observed that the constant pressure to accelerate their maturation scars, which is why applications of such plates or constant wearing of elastic garment will not only reduce pain in surgery area, but also improve the aesthetic results. From hardware cosmetology for these purposes can be recommended pressotherapy with which creates a metered pressure on the front wall of the abdomen.
In addition, prolonged surgery and limitation of physical activity after the intervention always increases the risk of slowing down the blood flow through the vessels of the lower limbs.
Swelling after a tummy tuck
Pressure therapy has an excellent lymphatic drainage effect and preventive measure for the formation of blood clots in the deep veins. That is why many surgeons offer to undergo pressure therapy before surgery to eliminate the possibility of severe complications such as thromboembolism.
Within a few weeks after tummy tuck may persist swelling of soft tissues, its seal (especially in the lower divisions), hemorrhage. If there are no contraindications (eg uterine fibroids), the infiltration and hemorrhage can be reduced by using magnetic therapy. Ozone may be added in local centers of seal. It will improve the blood circulation in the damaged tissues, improve the delivery of oxygen to accelerate the maturation of scars, as well as speeding up the recovery of impaired innervation.
Recovery swelling after tummy tuck
It is no secret that after abdominoplasty the sensitivity of the anterior abdominal wall for some time may be reduced. This occurs due to the inevitable intersection of nerve fibers during such significant interference as well as due to compression of the nerve endings resulting in prolonged post-operative swelling. As the sensitivity normalization of the situation starts to recover, but it usually takes several months.
You can reduce the swelling of the skin, as well as normalize the tone of overstretched skin, with devices Skintonic, Dermo V4, as well as vacuum-roller massage. It will contribute to a more rapid recovery of the natural contours of the abdominal wall. Tummy tuck surgery is accompanied by a very large tension of skin of anterior abdominal wall, resulting in postoperative scar is in very adverse conditions.
Post tummy tuck swelling
On the tummy tuck scar affected the forces that will inevitably lead to its expansion, especially if you help them. Scar tissue in quality significantly inferior to normal skin, especially in the first three months of its existence.
In this time you should not do abdominal exercises, hang on the crossbar and even dust the cabinets, if you do not want a thin line scar turned into a broad band.
In the same three months you should not lift anything, heavier than 3-5 kg. The inevitable tension of the abdominal muscles can lead, what will be cut one or more threads, waisted on the white line on the abdomen.
Tummy tuck surgery swelling
As a result, on the front wall of the abdomen you will get an unsightly spectacle in the form of a limited bulge that looks like a hernia. It will be very difficult to eliminate. And therefore it is better to prevent its occurrence without lifting anything heavy in the last three months. Why at this time? Because this is usually sufficient for the formation of a strong scar tissue, which in the future will be able to respond to any whims of your lifestyle.
Any, even flawlessly executed surgery, requires a certain recovery period, after which you will already be able to see the final results. Will you speed up this process or not depends on your desire. Through the combined use of cosmetic surgery and cosmetic procedures you will get the best result, worthy of you.
Also you can read about tummy tuck scar healing.
