Why Did my Doctor Give Me a Vertical Incision on my Tummy Tuck?

asked 1 year ago by 7285anon in Sacramento
Latest answer by Peter A. Aldea, MD
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Tags: abdomen, female, belly

I went in for a tummy tuck in October and after surgery noticed that I had a vertical incision, I have a short torso so its very noticeable when wearing a two piece, i'm quite upset and wondering why I received that incision, my doctor is not very good with giving information as to why. Thank you.

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Vertical Scar with Tummy Tuck

Regarding : "i'm quite upset and wondering why I received that incision, my doctor is not very good with giving information" - We are all upset and frustrated by government officials who are non-responsive and "not good with giving information" and yet some of us repeatedly vote for these idiots year after year. When it comes to Plastic surgeons, the same paradoxical , logic defying phenomenon happens. Patients use Plastic surgeons DESPITE their being rude... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Discuss your incisions with your surgeon, PRIOR to surgery. Have them draw this on you

No one knows the answer to that question other than your surgeon and he/she is the best source for that information. IF you had too much horizontal ecess of skin, he/she may have deemed it the best possible technique to achieve maximal correction with the shortest possible scar. Hind sight is 20/20 but the best possible way to avoid this is preoperative discussion. see video

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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Why Did my Doctor Give Me a Vertical Incision on my Tummy Tuck?

Vertical Scar with Tummy Tuck

Discuss your incisions with your surgeon, PRIOR to surgery. Have them draw this on you

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