Removing Sagging Skin On Backside
The following post from our
forum
is from a man who had a tummy tuck last year and is now
thinking about getting his backside done. He is wondering if
the install surgical drains on his back side.
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Date: 03/30/2012 |
Submitted by: Robert |
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Had a full abdominalplasty last year after
extreme weight loss. The results have been pretty
decent but now thinking of the having my back done.
Looking for advice on recovery and if you thought
realistically if it would need as much downtime. I
was down for about three weeks but most of that was
due to the muscle repair and drains. Did you have
separate drains for your back? I have heard bending
over will be tough for a period of time?
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RESPONSE
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| Date: 03/30/2012 |
Submitted by:
Tanner |
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Robert,
Since I had a tummy tuck and lateral thigh lift I
was cut and skin was removed entirely around my
midsection - front, back and sides.
I only had the two drains on the front as shown in
the pictures. I don't think back drains were needed
in my case because drainage fluids from the wound
areas (front, sides and back) flowed down to the
central low point where the ends of the drain tubing
were located and the one set of drains took care of
everything.
I would imaging in your case you would still need to
have drains installed. I doubt though that they
would install them on your backside. Sitting in a
chair would be a problem.
I'm not sure how much I can tell you for just
getting your "back" done or how different just the
back will be.
I would assume your downtime and recovery would be
similar to mine.
I never had a tough time bending over as long as I
did it slowly and didn't stretch anything.
Since you already had the full abdominoplasty you
probably know everything to expect (similar stuff
anyway) for your next operation.
Let me know if you have any specific questions that
I can answer.
Good luck,
Tanner
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