I had a tummy tuck 4 years ago. 3 years later I had an additional surgery by the same plastic surgeon to remove permanent sutures that were coming out of my belly button. The explanation being that I had lost so much weight after the tummy tuck, that the sutures were too close to the skin. Now, 1 year after the additional surgery, sutures are beginning to break through my belly button again. Can this be fixed? Why didn't the additional surgery take care of this?
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The greenish discoloration may be due to bruising following a tummy tuck. Initially the bruises look red and purple. As the bruising fades, it turns a greenish or yellowish color. This is normal progression of the bruise and should improve with time. I recommend seeing...
I have seen this and I have come up with a solution that has always worked for me and I have never had to re operate for a seroma. What I do is place a drainage tube called a pen rose drain through the incision into the seroma space. It drains outside onto gauze and I leave it in for...
It is not rare to have a patient describe these sexual symptoms after any form of a tummy tuck procedure. It is likely that the resultant and sometimes inadvertent pubic lift from the procedure changes the location/angle of the clitoris and makes it sensitive to pressure/stimulation.
