Naperville Scar Removal doctors

	David A. Ross, MD Chicago Plastic Surgeon 875 N. Rush st., Chicago		2 answers
	Ricardo Izquierdo, MD Chicago Plastic Surgeon 2425 West 22nd Street Suite 213, Oak Brook
	Ashish Bhatia, MD Naperville Dermatologist 2155 CityGate Lane Suite 225, Naperville
	W. John Bull, MD Chicago Plastic Surgeon 1816 Bay Scott Circle Suite 112, Naperville
	Terry L. Donat, MD Naperville Facial Plastic Surgeon 28381 Davis Parkway Suite 700, Warrenville

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Mini or Full Tummy Tuck or Liposuction Above the Navel? I am not your typical candidate as my problem tummy area is ABOVE the navel. I had surgery 30 years ago and have a scar from my navel to my pubic bone. The skin above that scar is "collecting" in a pool. The rest of my upper tummy is uneven and fatty. My lower abs are flat but scarred.

What procedure is best for me? Mini tummy tuck, full tummy tuck or a liposuction? I am thinking a combo. Also, how do I prevent dogears? I think it is a given with my body type. I'm not overweight; I'm athletic.

A: Traditional Tummy Tuck or a Reverse Tummy Tuck will do the job

Sight unseen it is difficult to provide a definitive answer to your question. It sounds like your problem is predominantly one of excessive or loose skin in your upper abdomen. If this is the case rule out liposuction or a mini tuck as possible solutions. Liposuction does not tighten loose skin and may in fact increase the skin laxity. A mini tuck will help only the loose skin below the navel.

A full abdominoplasty is the only one of the three options that would definitely address the loose skin above the navel. Another viable alternative would be a Reverse Tummy Tuck . This operation pulls the loose skin upwards and removes the redundancy by excising it beneath the breast resulting in scars in the breast folds.

David A. Ross, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Hypertrophic Scar Revision After Breast Reduction? I am an African American 7 months post op breast reduction. I have painful hypertrophic scars around the areola, as well as horrible scaring from where my plastic surgeon placed these plastic pins to guide him through the surgery. They came through my skin and had to be removed whenever they came to surface and out of the incision, otherwise it would be terribly painful. I also have healed with the marks of sutures. Am I candidate for revision? How soon can revision be determined?

A: Time, silicon sheeting and steroid injections may help scars

The fact that your incisions are only 7 months old and that the scarring is hypertrophic is good news.There is some opportunity for spontaneous improvement since these scars are relatively fresh.

In addition, true hypertrophic scarring can sometimes be successfully treated with steroid injections and silicon sheeting.

I would rule out surgical scar revision until all else fails and realize that such surgery is associated with a high recurrence rate. The bottom line is that there may not be a solution for your scarring.

David A. Ross, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon