{"id":6755,"date":"2009-12-29T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premierplasticsurgerypa.previewchanges.com\/?p=6755"},"modified":"2009-12-29T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T18:01:00","slug":"abdominoplasty-pittsburgh-offers-way-flatten-stomach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premierplasticsurgerypa.com\/blog\/abdominoplasty-pittsburgh-offers-way-flatten-stomach\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdominoplasty: Pittsburgh Offers Way To Flatten Your Stomach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/body-procedures-pittsburgh\/abdominoplasty\/\">Abdominoplasty<\/a>, Pittsburgh based specialist removes excess skin, tightens the underlying muscle and incorporates liposuction, either ultrasound or ProLipo\u00ae to give you a flat tummy.  During the first week after surgery, expect to experience discomfort and difficulty standing completely upright. It\u2019s especially important to walk around during this time to prevent blood clots from forming in your legs. Your plastic surgeon will place drains in the surgical areas to facilitate healing.<\/p>\n<p>After an <a href=\"\/body-procedures-pittsburgh\/abdominoplasty\/\">abdominoplasty<\/a>, Pittsburgh based surgeon explains that most of the patients are back to sedentary work in two weeks, but it can take six to eight weeks to fully recover. As for the pain level, advances have been made in recent years that increase post operative comfort. Long lasting local anesthetics are used in the treated areas before the incisions are closed in order to make the first few days of the recovery process more comfortable. Our board certified plastic surgeon emphasizes the need for patients to take it easy even though they may feel comfortable so soon after surgery. If you\u2019re too active too soon, fluid can build up, and that can increase healing time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdominoplasty, Pittsburgh based specialist removes excess skin, tightens the underlying muscle and incorporates liposuction, either ultrasound or ProLipo\u00ae to give you a flat tummy. During the first week after surgery, expect to experience discomfort and difficulty standing completely upright. It\u2019s especially important to walk around during this time to prevent blood clots from forming in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierplasticsurgerypa.com\/blog\/abdominoplasty-pittsburgh-offers-way-flatten-stomach\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abdominoplasty: Pittsburgh Offers Way To Flatten Your Stomach<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abdominoplasty: Pittsburgh Offers Way To Flatten Your Stomach - Premier Plastic Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abdominoplasty, Pittsburgh based specialist removes excess skin, tightens the underlying muscle and incorporates liposuction, either ultrasound or\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premierplasticsurgerypa.com\/blog\/abdominoplasty-pittsburgh-offers-way-flatten-stomach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abdominoplasty: Pittsburgh Offers Way To Flatten Your Stomach - 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