Compression garments

I have read on here about wearing compression garments. Are these needed after rny or do people wear them after plastics?

I had a velcro wrap type of support for sleeping and it made for less pain when turning or getting out of bed.  It isn't absolutely necessary but I felt like I got more rest wearing it.  When I had other abdominal surgeries the doctor didn't want me to pull on a garment so the velcro was a better solution.

I wore a compression shirt (long sleeved, crew neck) my first week home to remind myself to suck my stomach in as I walked and not let it all hang out. :) But since then, I have not worn them.

Some surgeons give patients a binder to wear after surgery (although it is much more common after open surgery than lap surgery), but most don't.  Same thing with plastic surgery.  Some surgeon have patients use abdominal binders after panniculectomies and/or tummy tucks and some do not.  (They also have compression garments for the arms following brachioplasty and for breast lifts.)

Lora

I had abdominal binder after RNY.  It helps you move around without as much pain IMO.

I had nothing after lap rny. A week after my tummy tuck I was told to start wearing a spanx type garment to help with the swelling (if this is helping I'm afraid of what it would be like without it!)