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Does Plication During Tummy Tuck Strengthen Abdominal Wall?

asked 2 years ago by smallernow.KC in michigan
Latest answer by Elizabeth Lee, MD
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Tags: abdomen, muscle

I am considering abdominoplasty, but the abdominal plication is more important to me. I have had gastric bypass, I have lost 200 pounds, and have had several abdominal surgeries over the years, and 7 hernia surgeries. 3 in 3 years. All this left me with severe diastasis rectus and very weak abdominal muscles. Does abdominal plication during a "Tummy Tuck" help strengthen the abdominal wall? Is there less of a chance of having so many surgeries due to a weak abdominal wall? Thank you!

3 answers to Does Plication During Tummy Tuck Strengthen Abdominal Wall?

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Plication during tummy tuck strengthen abdominal wall

Smallernow, Congratulations on your weight loss! I would like to address "I have lost 200 pounds, and have had several abdominal surgeries over the years, and 7 hernia surgeries. 3 in 3 years. All this left me with severe diastasis rectus " Our bodies have been engineered / evolved a safety valve to allow gradual increasing intraabdominal volumes. As your intra abdominal volume increases (pregnancy's growing baby, increasing intraabdominal weight, large ovarian mass etc), the... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Abdominal plication can strengthen the abdominal wall

The muscles of the abdominal wall need to be in the right position in order to work properly. If the connective tissue anchoring these muscles in position has stretched through pregnancy or weight gain, it may be very difficult or near impossible to get those muscles working. A plication alone does not strengthen the abdominal wall, but it does put everything back into position so that the exercising you do gives you maximum benefit.
Elizabeth Lee, MD

Bay Area Plastic Surgeon

artfulsurgery.com

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Doe rectus muscle plication strengthen the abdominal wall

The plication itself does not strenghten the abdominal wall but it does reposition the rectus muscles to make exercise more efficient and enhance the potential to strenghthen the abdominal wall through exercise.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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