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Lump Above Belly Button After Tummy Tuck - No Lipo or No Muscle Repair

asked 1 year ago by 8097anon in Boston
Latest answer by Peter A. Aldea, MD
Question viewed 650 times
Tags: abdomen, lumps

I had a tummy tuck 18wks ago, no muscle repair doc said I didn't need it- about 1wk after I noticed a hard lump above my belly button, thought it was swelling & didn't think anything of it at my 1 month appt my doc said the same thing & not to worry about it - it would go away in a few weeks. At my 4mnth appt he said it is just the muscle & there is nothing he can do & i should just do sit ups, is that correct? how can i get rid of it? my belly looks abnormal the rest flat except for the lump.

2 answers to Lump Above Belly Button After Tummy Tuck - No Lipo or No Muscle Repair

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Hard Lump above Belly Button in a "Muscle Repair Free" "Tummy Tuck"

Obviously, having a persistent hard lump above the belly button is not a "normal" feature of our congenital or acquired anatomy. For starters, I am curious why you required a Tummy Tuck but did not require a muscle repair. The vast majority of women who benefit from a Tummy Tuck have stretched out and loose skin and muscles. That being the case, I am ASSUMING your surgeon performed a MINI Tummy tuck (shorter scar, undermining below ot to the belly button which in uncommon cases is done with... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Lump above umbilicus following tummy tuck with no muscle repair

Pictures, would be useful, to aid in a diagnosis. The physical examinaton is also important. The lump could be a diastasis recti or a resorbing hematoma or seroma. see video
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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