Question:
I had PS on May 4th and my stomach muscles don't feel like they are tight

like I see people posting my stomach looks pretty flat I think I still have some swelling but my stomach muscles never hurt and all these posts on how tight your muscles will feel has me wondering if he really did tighten them    — kathy B. (posted on July 19, 2004)

July 19, 2004
Did you 'order' that? Tighten of the muscles cost EXTRA. Your insurance may have approved a abdominoplasy but that does not include muscle tightening.. Did you discuss this with your PS? that he would do the tighening as well? IF NOT, could be you didnt have it done.
   — star .

July 19, 2004
Yes The doctor said he was going to tighten the muscles and I was charged for a complete abnoplasty I was self pay as I have Kaiser and they don't cover plastics except in rare cases
   — kathy B.

July 19, 2004
I also had muscle tightening with my LBL, but never really felt any pain from tight muscles. I assumed I would be bent over etc. I did wonder for a while if he did tighten them but the surgery report indicates he did. I finally concluded that since I had never had any children my muscles never really got that stretched out, that the tightening was super noticeable. Even though I had tons of excess skin (19 lbs removed) that was all on the outside of the abdominal wall. So yes it is possible to have had them tightened and not notice it. All depends on how they were before PS. I have a very flat belly so there is no question things are how they should be. I'm guessing you are still experiencing swelling. He may not have pulled the skin as tight as some PS's also. So there are a number of things that could factor in. The skin may also have loosened some too. I am experiencing that from my 2nd procedure which removed the upper panni, above the waist. He had everything pulled nice and tight but because of the less than top quality of my skin, due to being overstretched most of my life, the skin has relaxed some and has the tinyest roll. I'm not thrilled but then again the doc can only work with the stretchmarked skin I gave him to use. I suspect he will revise it with the next procedure I have done. If not then it's not the end of the world. Most people would kill to have a stomach that looks as flat as mine.
   — zoedogcbr

July 19, 2004
I also had muscle tightening, but didn't feel that bent over, tight muscle feeling. I know she did the work though, as my stomach is flat, and my muscles feel tight at 1.5 years out.
   — mom2jtx3