Post-surgery recovery
After the patient checks out the stitches will be removed 12 days after the operation. This can be accomplished by the family general practitioner. The patient is to wear the girdle for at least another two weeks after the stitches have been removed. Recovery after abdomen reconstruction occurs at an individual pace. Some persons go back to work after 2 weeks; other persons take three or four weeks to rest and recover. Light physical exercise is recommended in order to strengthen the abdomen muscles. As far as the scars are concerned, they turn red and swell up until 6 months have passed and after 9 months to one year they go flat and turn a lighter colour. We recommend that you avoid sun exposure one year after the surgery lest your scars should take on different colours. They will never go away completely, but they can be hidden by your pants or even by your bathing suit.In order to maintain the obtained results it is important that you should follow a diet recommended by a nutrition doctor and do not shrink back from going in for a sport.