Tummy Tuck Operation Plastic Surgery Harley Clinic C sections are often spoken about like the easier option but in reality, they are major abdominal surgery. Layers of skin, muscle, and tissue are opened to deliver your baby, then stitched back C section pain levels: strong soreness to slow healing Comparing Pain: What Hurts More, a C Section or an Abdominoplasty? Can You Get a Mini Tummy Tuck After C Section?