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Can Muscle Tightening Prevent 6-pack Abs from Developing?

asked 3 years ago by ff19ff87 in ny, ny
Latest answer by William Alan Dulin, MD
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I had a tummy tuck about a week ago that included muscle tightening. I want to be able to develop 6 pack abs, and am afraid that the muscle tightening would prevent that. A doctor here told me that it wouldn't, but I found an article which says "plication of the rectus sheath creates an unnaturally flat appearance..." Can somebody please explain to me how this article and the doctor can both be right? Thank you very much.

2 answers to Can Muscle Tightening Prevent 6-pack Abs from Developing?

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6 pack abs after muscle tightening

This is a question you should have discussed with your surgeon before the procedure. Every surgery is different depending on the anatomy and goals. If you are thin and have muscle show before and only need skin tightening, then you will have the same"6 pack" muscle show after surgery. If your muscles are wide then only tightening to the midline is needed. If you have extremely loose fascia the additional tightening is needed which will affect the appearance of the muscles... more
William Alan Dulin, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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An analogy to explain abdominal rectus muscle diastasis repair or tightening

It is hard to explain something in one paragraph that you learn from years of training but I will try. Sometimes rather than trying to give you a surgical explanation, it is easier to teach using an analogy although this tends to overly simplify. Take your teeth for example. A gap between the front two teeth is called a diastima (like the muscle diastasis). Puitting braces on your teeth will bring them closer together and "tighten" the space or gap but will do nothing for the... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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