16 days ago
take about 2 years to mature. Certainly by five years the scar you have is final.
If it is unsightly and painful then a scar revision is an option.
See the surgeon who performed your tummy tuck and discuss your desire for a revision.
Tummy tuck scar at 5 years is final-improvement will require scar revision surgery
Brooke R. Seckel, MD answers: Tummy tuck scar healing?
I had a tummy tuck 5 years ago. The surgeon did not place a tummy bandage over the surgery afterwards because " the nurse" forgot to order it? He made shift a dressing bandage . It had jagged edges from the tear. It embedded into the incision site. I had to to return 1week later. I had a hole as big as a quarter. It tooks 1 year to heal completely closed. Scr tissue was thick. I never complained. Just been dealing w/it.
It is a lot less....still..hurts when I stretch/walk/bend. Will it ever go away? Scar tissue is still felt under the the umbilical area. Does the scar tissue ever breakdown on its own after a tummy tuck?
Contact the doctor
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