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I Feel a Hard Ball Just Above my Pubic Area: Is This Normal?

asked 11 months ago by Milford281 in cincinnati
Latest answer by Ayman Hakki, MD
Question viewed 304 times
Tags: 2 months post-op, hard, normal, pubic

I feel like a hard ball above my pubic area i just had a tummy tuck 2 months ago

3 answers to I Feel a Hard Ball Just Above my Pubic Area: Is This Normal?

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Hard area over tummy tuck scar?

If it is right above the scar and horizontal it will get better with time, in most if not all cases. See your board certified plastic surgeon, and she/he will tell you if it is normal swelling or something else. I would not be concerned unless six months go by and it's still hard, or it gets red, you have a fever or it gets a liquid like core. I do understand how it feels to wonder what's going on and I respect that.
Ayman Hakki, MD

Washington Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck and post operative scarring vs fat necrosis

It is not unusual to have some hardness or a feeling of a mass above the pubic area following a tummy tuck. the mass may be early scar formation, a small seroma or hematoma, or an area of fat necrosis. There are good options for treating any of these problems: steroid creams or injections for scarring, needle aspiration or drainage for seromas or hematomas, and excision of areas of fat necrosis. However, it is still early after your tummy tuck and this problem may... more
Vincent D. Lepore, MD

San Jose Plastic Surgeon

www.vincentleporemd.com

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Probably some scar tissue or fat necrosis

Hello, Not to scare you but this is probably some scar formation and/or fat necrosis. Some tummy tuck patients will develop this. As long as there is no infection or drainage (which is rare,) it tends to get smaller and shrink down over months to a year. Just make sure your doc examines you and follows you while it evolves. Best Regards, John Di Saia MD
John P. Di Saia, MD

Orange Plastic Surgeon

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