Best Technique for a Tummy Tuck for Ehlers Dan Los?

Hi I have Ehlers Dan Los. I lost over 100 pounds. I recently saw the plastic surgeon who is going to perform the tummy tuck. He is not familiar with Ehlers Dan Los. I spoke to him about my concerns. He said there is a costly option of using cow skin to help in my tummy tuck. Is it worth it to pay the additional $6000+ to use cow skin and will it help with Ehlers Dan Los and the success of the operation.

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Surgery On Patient With Ehlers-Danlos

Thank you for the question. This is a difficult problem to tackle. As you are aware of, this is a condition characterized by skin hyperextensibility, joint laxity, and friable tissues. Typical manifestations include dystrophic scarring and easy bruisability. These are as a direct result of the what becomes readily apparent tissue friability. There is poor purchase by the suture, which coupled with the laxity makes undermining of the soft tissues and their plication almost impossible. Other... more

TT & EDS??

As you are aware Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders. There are six major types and at least five minor types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. All patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, regardless of severity, usually have abnormalities in wound healing and may have catastrophic complications after surgical procedures. May I suggest you first start with the Physician who is taking care of you for EDS and obtain pre-operative clearance. If you have obtained this clearance... more

Tummy Tuck and Ehlers Danlos

Hi, thanks for posting your case. My guess is that after 100 lbs of weight loss, you are very concerned about the excess skin and the laxity in your abdominal wall. What types of issues are you having. You will stretch after any body contouring procedures. The main issue here is that your skin and abdominal fascia is genetically prone to laxity. Despite this issue, body contouring can be successful in that you can resect the excess skin and tighten the fascia... more

Best Technique for a Tummy Tuck for Ehlers Danlos?

The material at issue is an acellular dermal matrix, that is eventually repopulated by cells from your own body. It seems likely that the same collagen issues would be present once the material is replaced by your own tissues Many patients who have had TT and have EDS, have a nice improvement in terms of removing excess skin, but often the abdominal wall tightening is not successful.Using mesh does not alway help because the tissue adjacent to which the mesh is attached pulls away... more