Can Muscles Loosen After Tummy Tuck and Muscle Repair?

I had a TT in 09/12 and over roll feel very good about it. My problem is that I still have to suck or tuck my tummy in to achieve that flat look. The loose skin is gone but my muscles feel loose like I have to suck in like I did before surgery. I work out 5 times a week and eat fairly good 1200 - 1500 calories a day. Can muscles untighten after Tummy Tuck and Muscle repair. If so, how is this corrected??

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Can Muscles Loosen After Tummy Tuck and Repair

If your muscles were plicated after tummy tuck, it is possible for the sutures or the repair to be compromised. However, examination by your plastic surgeon will be necessary to confirm or refute this. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Muscles loose after tummy tuck

It is possible for your muscle repair to fail after a tummy tuck. The best thing to do is call your surgeon and have him/her examine you to check the status of the repair. Good luck.

Is it possible that after a Tummy Tuck your skin could become loose again ?

There are various factors that could contribute to that happening. Some being the first weeks of post-op you didn’t take proper care and rest and do the minimal activities , having done exercise before time , basically any rough movement that you could have done before your Doctor recommended it was ok to have a normal life again , in that case there is the possibility that a suture popped and the reconstruction of the abdominal wall became undone and that can cause the skin to... more

Issues with TT muscle repair

It is difficult to give a reasonable opinion without pictures (before and after). Over time there can be some relaxation of the muscle repair. The goal is an improved contour not a permanently "washboard" abdomen. Dr. ES

Muscle Repair after Tummy Tuck

The primary purpose and benefit of a tummy tuck is to remove excess skin and fat. Muscle realignment can be done but is no substitute for abdominal muscle exercise. The intra abdominal contents may protrude and work against the muscle tightening.

Tummy Tuck Changes

If your belly was very flat after surgery and then you heard a "pop" and a loosening, then it could be that the suture which was tightening your abdominal muscles broke and in that case, you could have a loosening of your muscles after a tummy tuck. If you want to fix this problem, you could have a short (45 min) outpatient operation to re-tighten your muscles. Good luck!

Loose abs after TT

A sad and curious question. I'm not sure exactly how to answer that, as you have not provided all the information that I would like to know. For example, was your abdomen always loose after surgery? Did you comply with all instructions after surgery? Did you ever hear or feel anything pop or tear? Anyway, things can rip or tear or break in the early post op period ( say 6 weeks after surgery) if you are not careful. On the other hand, after that, if... more

Can Muscles Loosen After Tummy Tuck and Muscle Repair?

It would be helpful to see some photos to improve the usefullness of any responses we can give. If you had some improvement early on that is now gone, it is possible that the repair has broken down, though that is not the only possibility. In most patients it is possible to "suck in" more than can be accomplished with surgery. Among other things, while "sucking in" you are also raising your diaphragm and increasing the volume in which the intra-abdominal contents can... more