Education, not medical advice
The content on this site is general patient education about abdominoplasty. It is not medical advice, it is not a diagnosis, and it does not create a doctor-patient relationship. It cannot account for your anatomy, your history or your risk factors, and it must not be used to decide on a treatment by itself.
No outcome is guaranteed
No operation can be guaranteed. Results vary between patients, and the same operation performed well produces different outcomes in different bodies. Statements on this site about what an operation can achieve describe what is generally possible, not what will happen to you.
Individual variation
Healing, scarring, swelling and the final contour all vary. Final results are judged at six to twelve months. A description of a typical recovery is not a prediction of yours.
When to seek care
If you have abdominal pain, a swelling or a lump that has not been assessed, a hernia, or a wound or skin problem that is not settling, see a clinician about that first. Nothing on this site is a substitute for having a symptom examined.
In an emergency
This website is not monitored. If you have a medical emergency, contact your local emergency number or go to the nearest emergency department. If you are a patient of this hospital and have an urgent problem after surgery, use the emergency and aftercare contacts you were given at discharge.