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So, just curious about your experience with exercise post plastics. What did you have done? How long did it take you to get back with your exercise regimen? What was your experience with swelling after an exercise workout. If you had a Tummy Tuck, when did you start working your abs? Any other words of wisdom to bestow upon us post-plastics exercise enthusiasts?

I had a lower body lift (which includes the TT), breast augmentation, and a spiral thigh lift. I started walking 6 weeks post-op, and working out with weights 8 weeks post-op. I had to lift very light, so I would not to place any strain on my abdominal muscles. At 12 weeks I started to work my way up to the heavier lifting I was used to doing (I did lose strength in that time period; although, at this point I have surpassed my strength from pre-plastics--yay me!). I have not done any specific core exercises, even though many exercises secondarily target your core. I am choosing to wait until month 6 to target my abdominal muscles due to the good amount of swelling I experience after a leg day (you use your core as a stabilizer in exercises like squat and lunges). My tummy just bloats up into a ball, even after 5 months. Push ups make me swell up as well, since--you know--your core stabilizes your form. I am just recently starting to do those. I started doing them off a step, modified on my knees as to not engage my core so much, I then continued to do the modified version off the floor, and just this past week I found that my core is able to tolerate full push-ups without much discomfort or excessive swelling.

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I had my TT 5 years ago and just started ab work a few months ago. I found it to be very uncomfortable to work my abs. And they were super tight so I didn't worry about it.

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My pre surgery routine was running 20+ miles a week and pretty intense yoga 3-4 times a week (core work including planking, boat pose, etc). I ran a marathon 10 days before plastics and did a Spartan race five days before.

I did exactly what my doc asked and waited six weeks before starting back up again. And that was pretty much everything. I think I ran maybe 8 miles that first week and then moved up to 10 the next week. Yoga once first week then twice for a few weeks.

But I had very little swelling after about week four.

I had Tummy Tuck, Breast lift and augmentation and arm lift.

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Maybe ask your surgeon. I had a TT/Panni and the surgeon told me NEVER to do abs. I joke, saying I have perma-abs, lol!

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In terms of ab exercises, I am lazy. In another post I commented that I don't notice swelling after excercise, but this did remind me, whenever I do abs, I notice a visible bloat of my stomach for a few days and I am 15 months post-op. Not sure if this is swelling or a product of me being lazy and my abs just naturally responding, but it does happen. Thanks to my TT I have fabulous abs, lol, so while I do about 100 crunches or leg lifts after I run about 5 times a week, that is pretty much the extent of ab work.

Bless plastic surgery, haha.

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Eventually I figured out that I felt more swollen then I really was due to numbness.

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After my lower body lift and breast lift surgery, it took me awhile to get back into the swing of things. I had to force myself to get up and work out, compared to before surgery, excercising seemed 'more fun.'

However, I did not let anything stop me. I ran a 10K only 9 months after my surgery.

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I had TT, Brest lift, arms .... He told me to wait 6 weeks. And I could do everything. I started slowly with weights, abs and kickboxing. But I'd say I was back to original form at about week 10.

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I had a lower body lift, thighs, arms, breasts (in two different surgeries). I was told I could exercise 6 weeks post op. I tried yoga and it hurt so bad I just never tried again! My muscles are still sore some times a year and a half later. I had swelling for at least 6-8 months. Like some of the others said....there seems to be a lot less need for tightening those abs after plastics!

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I had a lower body lift, thighs, arms, breasts (in two different surgeries). I was told I could exercise 6 weeks post op. I tried yoga and it hurt so bad I just never tried again! My muscles are still sore some times a year and a half later. I had swelling for at least 6-8 months. Like some of the others said....there seems to be a lot less need for tightening those abs after plastics!

I want to get my thighs done next year to remove the skin. How are you legs exercise post plastics? How soon could you run again for example?

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I had a lower body lift, thighs, arms, breasts (in two different surgeries). I was told I could exercise 6 weeks post op. I tried yoga and it hurt so bad I just never tried again! My muscles are still sore some times a year and a half later. I had swelling for at least 6-8 months. Like some of the others said....there seems to be a lot less need for tightening those abs after plastics!

I want to get my thighs done next year to remove the skin. How are you legs exercise post plastics? How soon could you run again for example?

Not the original poster here but my plastics doc said six weeks before I could run again (I ran a full marathon 10 days before plastics and did yoga 3-4x per week). I was back to half marathon level by four months post plastics and back to 3-4x per week yoga so everyone is different. I had breast lift/aug, Tummy Tuck and arms all at the same time.

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I had a lower body lift, thighs, arms, breasts (in two different surgeries). I was told I could exercise 6 weeks post op. I tried yoga and it hurt so bad I just never tried again! My muscles are still sore some times a year and a half later. I had swelling for at least 6-8 months. Like some of the others said....there seems to be a lot less need for tightening those abs after plastics!

I want to get my thighs done next year to remove the skin. How are you legs exercise post plastics? How soon could you run again for example?

Not the original poster here but my plastics doc said six weeks before I could run again (I ran a full marathon 10 days before plastics and did yoga 3-4x per week). I was back to half marathon level by four months post plastics and back to 3-4x per week yoga so everyone is different. I had breast lift/aug, Tummy Tuck and arms all at the same time.

The thigh lit wasn't really that painful. I was slightly surprised at how good it felt to not have all that hanging skin around, and a sense of freedom with movement that I never had. I don't know how long it would have taken me to exercise because I had a complication. I dealt with a seroma for about 5 months, and needed several procedures to resolve it. It's been a year now, and I'm still so glad I did it, even though my legs are far from perfect and my recovery was pretty rough.

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