I had an abdominalplasty yesterday..... if you've had one can you weigh in?

They removed pani and did lipo.  Not an anchor cut.

My upper skin, above belly button is so tight I feel it could tear! 

The pain is pretty bad. 

Were you walking hunched for quite a while? 

Tell me it gets better soon!

It gets better.  "Soon" is a relative term - it won't be soon enough!

Take your pain meds.  If they don't keep the pain down to a dull roar, call your doc and get something stronger.  The worse of the hunching went away in a few weeks, but I felt slightly hunched for a few months.

MONTHS!?!?!

UGH!

I'm two months out from TT and hernia repair - It gets better - but that is relative.  I am only just (as in the last few days) feeling more like myself.  The tightening you feel is normal and will lesson after the initial swelling goes down.  But yeah - think in terms of weeks and months.  Take the meds - keep hunched over, don't lay flat.  Hang in there!

I had about two weeks of hunched walking and very sore back, but it really does start to get better from that point on. Take everything slow, its a huge surgery and it's going to get better, promise!

Annette 👍

Thanks for the encouragement!

I will be two weeks out on Friday from a tummy tuck and hernia repair, it gets better everyday the first ten days were hard for me, the swelling sucks but that's the price we pay for beauty, please just rest, hydrate, take your pain meds, walk hunched over, and eat your protein!!!!

get well soon 

I will be two weeks out tomorrow - first week they want you hunched over for sure!  My friends say I'm walking more normal this week- still feel a little bent!  A little better every day.  

My heating pad is my best friend for my back!  

I was walking like a 90 year old for about a month.  I went back to work two weeks after surgery so as a wedding planner...it was pretty hilarious.  It DOES get better I promise!  just give your body time to heal and repair.  Be good to it.  Keep drinking plenty of water, keep the skin moisturized and keep your protein and vitamins on point.  You will get there and love your new tummy! 

My doctor made me had my stand up straight almost immediately. I had the full deal and I was walking upright in less than a week. I still swell and its almost been four months.