![]() We suggest arranging 2 weeks off work for your initial recovery and allow 3-6 months for a full recovery. Avoid strenuous activities and exercise until your surgeon gives you the go-ahead. Tummy Tuck RecoveryĪfter surgery, you’ll be provided a compression garment and be required to wear this garment for approximately 6 weeks. This procedure takes approximately 2.5 hours, but the time will vary based on the scope of the tummy tuck. Our surgeons also typically perform highly specialized drainless surgery, meaning that no uncomfortable drains are needed after the procedure, easing and hastening recovery, and minimizing complications. A new opening is then created for your navel and your surgeon may reposition your belly button, if necessary, before closing up the incisions. Next, the skin is pulled down and excess skin and fat is removed. At this point, your surgeon will tighten the abdominal muscles by suturing them together (a process known as plication). The skin and fat will then be separated from the underlying muscle. Then an incision will be made around your belly button and just above the pubic hairline and kept low following the natural contour of your hips. Your surgeon begins by performing liposuction throughout your abdomen and hips. ![]() It is important to note that this is not a weight loss surgery, though a quantity of excess fat will typically be removed. The goal of an abdominoplasty is to reduce excess fat and skin to achieve an abdomen that is thinner, flatter, tighter, and free of stretch marks. ![]() During a tummy tuck, fat is removed throughout the entire abdominal contour using liposuction, excess skin and fat are removed from below the belly button to the bikini line, and the muscles of the abdomen are tightened. At our practice in Ottawa, tummy tuck-also known as abdominoplasty- is one of our most frequently performed procedures. ![]()
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