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Muscle Repair Vs Fascia Tightening

asked 1 year ago by lnf in Grand Rapids, MI
Latest answer by Jonathan Saunders, MD
Question viewed 695 times
Tags: comparison, fascia, muscle tightening, results

When have a tummy tuck procedure done what is the difference between muscle repair and fascia tightening and which has the best results?

8 answers to Muscle Repair Vs Fascia Tightening

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Muscle Repair Vs Fascia Tightening

These are both terms for the same thing. Different surgeons frequently use less than scientifically accurate terms to convey what they do so that it can be understood. In fact, what we do is take up the slack in the heavy tissue covering (fascia) over the muscle that was stretched during pregnancy, from weight gain, etc. This is usually the area between the rectus muscles (the diastasis) but can be the fascia elsewhere. I frequently also tighten the infra-lateral fascia to give a smoother... more
Robert T. Buchanan, MD

Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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MUSCLE/FASCIAL REPAIR

They are one and the same.  These are 2 terms used to correct the diastasis (separation) of the abdominal muscles during an Abdominoplasty.
Todd B. Koch, MD

Buffalo Plastic Surgeon
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Muscle repair vs fascial plication in tummy tuck

The terms muscle repair and fascial tightening are generally, although somewhat incorrectly, used interchangeably.  Weight gain/loss and pregnancy stretch out the abdominal muscles and the fascia which covers them (a tear in the fascia on the abdomen creates a hernia).  During a tummy tuck, the fascia running down the middle of the abdomen is tightened (plicated), bringing the two rectus muscles (the “six pack” muscles which run from the ribs to the pelvis) back toward... more
Craig S. Rock, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Muscle repair with tummy tuck

Muscle repair and fascia tightening during a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty are two terms for the same procedure. During pregnancy or weight gain the abdominal fascia is stretched, which stretches the abdominal muscles apart. This causes upper or lower abdominal bulges. By plicating or tightening the fascia the muscles are brought back together, giving an enhanced contour. I often perform triple plication, not only correcting the rectus or six pack muscles, put also the oblique muscles, which... more
Frank Agullo, MD

El Paso Plastic Surgeon

www.elpasoplasticsurgery.com

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Muscle repair vs fascia tightening which one is better.

The fascia is the white fibrous tissue covering a muscle. It also extends to the end of a muscle . In the abdomen the fascia of the rectus muscle are sown together across the midline from the pubis to the sternum (chest bone). This is what you are referring to as muscle repair. But it could also be called fascia repair. Sometimes in addition to this procedure the external oblique muscles are tightened on each side to give better definition.
Farhad Rafizadeh, MD

Morristown Plastic Surgeon
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Muscle repair vs fascial tightening

The simple answer is that they are probably the same thing.  muscle tightening is a term that people understand . fascial imbrication tends to get a lot of blank looks.   good luck
Jonathan Saunders, MD

Newark Plastic Surgeon

www.drjonathansaunders.com

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Muscle repair and fascia tightening with tummy tuck are the same thing

Most patients who are candidates for a tummy tuck have a separation of the muscles in the midline, called a diastasis. These musclse are like straps from the bottom of the rib cage to the pubic bone, and they contract in the vertical direction so when they have been pushed apart there is no exercise that can pull them back together. All muscles are encased in fascia, and it is also fascia that comprises the layer between the muscles in the midline. The sutures that are used to pull the... more
Richard Baxter, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Muscle Repair Vs Fascia Tightening

These are terms that on the surface can be interchangeable. But in the pure sense they are different, at least to me when speaking to another colleague. Facial tightening is a technique where the whitish layer covering the rectus muscle is plicated or imbricated by suturing techniques. Like making a fold in a cloth or a huff on a pants. Vs medically defined muscle repair is an incision of the fascia and a reapproximation of the muscle itself, or a transfer of muscle by rotation. Than a... more
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

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