Recovery time?

cinderella2
on 3/15/09 5:48 pm - CA
Is it unreasonable to think I can go back to a desk job 3 weeks after an abdominoplasty and breast lift?
Danielle H.
on 3/16/09 1:34 am - Atlanta, GA
Yes definitely by 3 weeks.  I had LBL and was back at home office at 7 days...and wished I'd taken the second week off completely too, but survived and now 3rd week I could do the office easily.

Everyone is different and 2 weeks was definitely a must for my BL and upper back lipo last october...but depends on your pain tolerence too.

Good luck!

High Weight 260, Surgery Weight 218,  Lowest Weight 156, CURRENT WEIGHT 177, Goal Weight 140

Breast Lift /Back Lipo 10/2008
LBL (Belt Lipectomy with Fluer de lis cut TT) 2/27/09
www.advancedobesitysurgery.com (Dr. Dennis Smith)
www.gaplasticsurgery.com (Dr. Sheldon Lincenberg)

BigCityGirl
on 3/16/09 2:54 am - San Diego, CA
I went back in two weeks from both.
Surgeon: Joseph Grzeskiewicz, M.D., F.A.C.S.
La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre
Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 3/16/09 4:58 am - OH
I, on the other hand, was not ready to go back to me desk job until 4 weeks (and even then I was still walking somewhat hunched over).  It might have a little to do with me having the incision break down and having to have some necrotic tissue removed -- the PS said that accounted for me feeling generally "off" (almost kind of flu-like) for about a week, but mostly I did not go back to work earlier because of the continuing pain and trouble walking.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Siamak Agha MD PhD
on 3/16/09 12:14 pm - Newport Beach, CA
Most patients will need two weeks to stand up fully erect.  Three weeks should be enough but it may take you a few days more.  Optimize your nutrition to heal faster.  You can read about recovery after Breast aug/tummy tuck/body contouring on my website (http://www.plasticsurgerybodycontouring.com/index.php/enhanced-recovery/).  Also, you can read about nutrition and enhanced recovery after surgery (http://www.plasticsurgerybodycontouring.com/index.php/learning-center/enhanced-recovery-after-surgery/). 

For gallery see:

http://www.plasticsurgerybodycontouring.com/index.php/gallery/body/


Siamak Agha MD PhD
Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Specializing in Post-bariatric Plastic Surgery
www.plasticsurgerybodycontouring.com/b/

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