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Redoing Tummy Tuck After 10 Years?

asked 3 years ago by BellaReyna in Jerzey in Trenton, NJ
Latest answer by Lavinia Chong, MD
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Tags: belly

Is it true after an abdominoplasty when they tighten your muscles and then cut the extra skin off, the tightend muscles wear off after about 10 years and you have to get it redone?

2 answers to Redoing Tummy Tuck After 10 Years?

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Re-do Tummy Tuck?

The longevity of a tummy tuck depends on patient factors and surgeon factors. If a patient neglects maintenance issues, such as exercising, following a sensible diet, etc your improvements may be "lost", as excess calories get stored away in fat and your previously well contoured torso thickens. Most surgeons use permanent sutures to repair the abdominal muscles which have splayed apart from pregnancy, weight gain. It is vital to follow your physician's post-op instructions... more
Lavinia Chong, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck redo only in few cases

Redo abdominoplasty is not needed in most cases. I have seen few patient who required a second tummy tuck after years of the first one. Most of these patients had a mini tummy tuck in the first place and also gained a large amount of weight .
Hisham Seify, MD, PhD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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