After a few hours in the recovery room, if there are no complications (there rarely are) you will be discharged and allowed to go home; have someone drive you. Or, if you prefer, you may want to spend a day or two in the hospital to recover further. We will prescribe pain medications, muscle relaxants, and antibiotics for you to take during the two weeks following surgery. Also, for about one month after surgery, wearing a support garment will be very beneficial. One week after Beverly Hills Tummy Tuck surgery, external sutures will be removed in our office, and a week later, we'll remove the drainage tube. Complete recovery usually takes four to six weeks, but if you have a desk job you can probably return to it in about two weeks. Meanwhile, you should keep in touch with our office for at least three months, or as long as six months in some cases. Photo courtesy of Jim Mutter, Director of Plastic Surgeon Marketing for Spore Medical