Can I Combine my Tummy Tuck Scar and C-Section Scar?

asked 1 year ago by mari in michigan
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
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Tags: c-section, scar

I had a full tt about six years ago and have always been unhappy with my scar. It seems to high and has a little puff to it. My belly button looks good but I really want to lower the scar to where my c section is. I had a baby three years ago and now have both scars. I would like to either have scar revision, or maybe a new tt. It seems I have enough skin again. Thank u...

11 answers to Can I Combine my Tummy Tuck Scar and C-Section Scar?

Tummy tuck revision

A plastic surgeon experienced in tummy tuck revisions can tell you in a simple consultation what to expect. If there is enough looseness, the scar can be lowered, perhaps even significantly. There may be more complicated alternative available, such as converting your tummy tuck to a modified full tummy tuck with a vertical incision, depending on the looseness of the upper abdominal skin. It is unlikely it can be lowered to the C-section level, however, without such procedures.. more

Brent Moelleken, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.drbrent.com

Tummy Tuck Scar Revision

It is theoretically possible to revise and lower an existing tummy tuck scar to the level of a c-section scar. I usually place my tummy tuck scars at or even below the c-section scar so that it would not show, even with a low cut bikini. If you have enough loose skin above your umbilicus so that the skin can be stretched down to lower your tummy tuck scar, then it is possible to lower your tummy tuck scar to the level of the c-section scar.

S. Sean Younai, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

www.beautifulself.com

Tummy tuck scar revision.

Thank you for the question and picture. The picture is very helpful but examination will be critical in determining whether there is enough laxity of skin to allow for the upper scar to be lowered to the level of the lower scar. Without examining you I am doubtful that this will be doable in a safe fashion. Best wishes.

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Lowering an old abdominoplasty scar

Revising and lowering an old tummy tuck scar depends on how much loose skin you currently have. The longer its been since the first surgery, the more likely your skin will be lax enough to stretch down. In your case six years is a good time gap and your photos show that it may be possible but a physical exam is essential to confirm this. Make sure you see a board certified plastic surgeon for your abdominoplasty revision.

Adam Hamawy, MD
Westchester Plastic Surgeon

Hard case....

Hello, When the scars are closer together they can be combined. Why your tummy tuck involved such a high scar (if that is indeed the case) is the real question. We usually try to make them lower. Best Regards, John Di Saia MD

John P. Di Saia, MD
Orange Plastic Surgeon

Scar revision after abdominoplasty

Indeed the 2 scars are wide apart. Whether they can be "combined" may only be answered at the time of surgery to try it. This is a difficult problem.

Randy Proffitt, MD
Mobile Plastic Surgeon

Combining scars in a tummy tuck

In most instances it would be possible to have removed the c-section scar at the time of the first TT but occasionally it is not. It all depends on how much excess skin you have in the upper abdomen to pull down. I would disagree that having a vertical scar coming up from the TT scar is a good thing. I also would politely disagree that you could get what you now want. Without examining you, it just doesn't look like you have enough skin to remove the c-section scar... more

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Can I Combine my Tummy Tuck Scar and C-Section Scar?

Thanks for posting your photos, they really help answer your question. Because the very highly placed TT scar I believe it impossible to now combine the C-section scar and this unusually placed TT scar. Sorry.

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Can you combine a tummy tuck scar and a C-section scar

In most cases one can combine or revise a C-section scar in a tummy tuck surgery. From your your history, having had a previous tummy tuck, and your photos which show a significant distance between the two scars, it is difficult to say if this would be possible in you case. See a board certified plastic surgeon who has experience with abdominoplasty revision surgery.

Vincent D. Lepore, MD
San Jose Plastic Surgeon

Combining the tummy tuck and C-section scar

The tummy tuck scar should be placed low just below the under-pant line, even if the skin laxity resists and there is a small vertical scar where the 'old' belly button was repositioned. The C-section scar level is just about perfect, and combining the two is the ideal. Now that the two scars are far apart, combining the two will depend on adequate skin laxity to draw down the tummy tuck scar to the correct level. The danger is that the pubic area will rise up with the tension, not... more