Tummy Tuck Surgery What to Expect?

[camjam]

I/ve gone from 290lbs down to 205. I am getting a tummy tuck on the 1st of March. What can I expect after the surgery?

 

[drbermant]

I/ve gone from 290lbs down to 205. I am getting a tummy tuck on the 1st of March. What can I expect after the surgery?

Congratulations on losing the weight.

Swelling, bruising, and healing after tummy tuck surgery depends on the problem to be treated, surgical technique(s), skill of your surgeon, how you heal, after care, and other factors. I prefer the comfort after surgery seen with my Tumescent Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty. You can find audio files that permit you to hear the emotion behind the expleriences with this surgery here. Reading patients descriptions can be useful, but listening the the expressiion behind the words is so much more powerful a tool.


Movies before and after surgery can also be revealing on what to expect with my sculpture. Check out the very early after surgery swelling and bruising. Not all surgeons offer the same techniques or skills.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
Learn More About Tummy Tuck Abdominal Sculpture

 

[camjam]

Thanks I will check them out.

 

[Bikini Mod]

Wow, your site was extremely informative.

I had an abdominoplasty (no lipo, didnt need it) done over 8 years ago and it was one of THE BEST things I ever did. My surgeon removed 12" of loose skin (I had had 4 children) and the scar didn't keep me from going to on competitively bodybuild OR fitness/swimwear model.

The recovery was relatively fast and honestly I dont remember being too uncomfortable (the drains were annoying). I remember the mastopexy and implants I had several months later to be a far more painfull recovery.

 

[adh1121]

I/ve gone from 290lbs down to 205. I am getting a tummy tuck on the 1st of March. What can I expect after the surgery?

Hi there!

Well, I may not be the person with the answer you are looking for, but I will briefly tell you what I know to be true.

First, understand that this cosmetic surgery procedure is known to be the most painful and one of the hardest to recover from. I can honestly say that I thought that I might die from the pain.

Having said that, I should tell you that my surgery was performed by a prominate surgeon in my area, and I was left as close to death as anyone would ever hope to be.

After 6 years and 7 surgeries to correct the damage, I am left with un-Godly scars and unable to have children.

I won't use this forum to air all my bent up anger, but I will say this.

If the problem is that you have excess skin from weight loss there is the alternative of not having a tummy tuck (where they cut and suture muscle) but instead a procedure of minor lipo and cutting out the excess skin.

Please know that I am not against plasic surgery - I have also had a breast reduction. I just suggest that you think long and hard about this procedure.

What you are doing is great - seek stories from as many people can - and then make your final decision.

Good luck!

 

[Bikini Mod]

Hi there!

Well, I may not be the person with the answer you are looking for, but I will briefly tell you what I know to be true.

First, understand that this cosmetic surgery procedure is known to be the most painful and one of the hardest to recover from. I can honestly say that I thought that I might die from the pain.

Having said that, I should tell you that my surgery was performed by a prominate surgeon in my area, and I was left as close to death as anyone would ever hope to be.

After 6 years and 7 surgeries to correct the damage, I am left with un-Godly scars and unable to have children.

I won't use this forum to air all my bent up anger, but I will say this.

If the problem is that you have excess skin from weight loss there is the alternative of not having a tummy tuck (where they cut and suture muscle) but instead a procedure of minor lipo and cutting out the excess skin.

Please know that I am not against plasic surgery - I have also had a breast reduction. I just suggest that you think long and hard about this procedure.

What you are doing is great - seek stories from as many people can - and then make your final decision.

Good luck!

I am so sorry for what you went through. There is always risk and I agree with everything you said.

My cosmetic surgery results were AMAZING!! Ironically I have ZERO faith in most doctors because of how badly other medical doctors screwed me up for NON-COSMETIC problems.

Always do research and go into everything with your eyes wide open.

 

[adh1121]

Well said! Knowledge is your greatest power!

 

[Assertive Guy]

Hi there!

Well, I may not be the person with the answer you are looking for, but I will briefly tell you what I know to be true.

First, understand that this cosmetic surgery procedure is known to be the most painful and one of the hardest to recover from. I can honestly say that I thought that I might die from the pain.

Having said that, I should tell you that my surgery was performed by a prominate surgeon in my area, and I was left as close to death as anyone would ever hope to be.

After 6 years and 7 surgeries to correct the damage, I am left with un-Godly scars and unable to have children.

I won't use this forum to air all my bent up anger, but I will say this.

If the problem is that you have excess skin from weight loss there is the alternative of not having a tummy tuck (where they cut and suture muscle) but instead a procedure of minor lipo and cutting out the excess skin.

Please know that I am not against plasic surgery - I have also had a breast reduction. I just suggest that you think long and hard about this procedure.

What you are doing is great - seek stories from as many people can - and then make your final decision.

Good luck!

We've just had a 3 week series following 15 women as they had all combinations of surgery, intense councelling/psychology, make up, stylists etc etc, and every single one of them was at least 'ok' straight after surgery. However a few days after the tummy tuck/abdominoplasty they all wished they'd never had the surgery and were crying from the pain (pain killers hardly touched it).

The good news is, after a couple months they were all exstatic with the results! - But be prepared.

 

[drbermant]

We've just had a 3 week series following 15 women as they had all combinations of surgery, intense councelling/psychology, make up, stylists etc etc, and every single one of them was at least 'ok' straight after surgery. However a few days after the tummy tuck/abdominoplasty they all wished they'd never had the surgery and were crying from the pain (pain killers hardly touched it).

The good news is, after a couple months they were all exstatic with the results! - But be prepared.

Each surgeon has his/her own techniques. When I go to Plastic Surgery meetings and listen to other plastic surgeons lecture about their tummy tuck surgery, they frequently discuss the pain of their patients and use of various pain pumps, catheter infusion anesthesia into the wound, and long lasting medications placed into the surgical site.

That is why I became so excited about my Tumescent Tummy Tuck Technique that seems to preempt the pain cycle without the narcotic pain pumps, wound catheters, and long acting injections.

Here is one patient's comparison of her Tumescent Tummy Tuck with her C-section.

Here is another patient's description of comfort after Tumescent Tummy Tuck.

Here is a description at only 3 days and 1 week after Tumescent Tummy Tuck.

And here is a male patient describing his comfort as better than a colonoscopy.

Take some time to listen to the emotion in the patients' voices as they describe their experiences. here.

One female patient who traveled from Guam for my Tumescent Tummy Tuck had a little more discomfort. Yet, she was sightseeing about Virginia the first week after surgery. From Guam, she and her husband had never experienced our Fall. The colors of the leaves were magnificent. They traveled to Monticello and enjoyed the colors from the road, then walking through the woods, and then her husband took pictures of her in a pile of leaves on the ground tossing leaves over her head. I was not thrilled that a brand new post op tummy tuck was playing in dirty leaves, but it speaks of the comfort after her Tumescent Tummy Tuck.

Another male patient from Qatar was also wandering about Virginia after his tummy tuck. He only used 2 Tylenol after surgery!

Another female patient from England used a wheel chair when she got tired to extend her shopping for new clothes. She complained that the clothing racks in some of the department stores were too close together to shop at only a few days after sugery.

However, each patient is different. The comfort that any one patient experiences can depend on many factors. The problem treated, surgical technique, anesthesia, how the individual deals with pain, and skill of the surgeon all can be factors. We work hard to maximize out patients' experiences and comfort. Perhaps that is why we see patients from so far away.

Hope this helps,

Michael Bermant, MD
Learn More About Tummy Tuck Abdominal Sculpture

 

[novamanms]

Dr. Bermant-

Is this an extremely expensive surgery? I've heard varying reports.