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Tummy Tuck Scar Revision, Am I a Candidate? (photo)

I am 4 months PO. I do not like my scar placement and it is stressing me out and depressing me sooo much. I also don't think I'm as tight as I could be and have dog ears. Does it look like some smartlipo, skin tightening and lowering the scar are options for me to get a better result?

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6 Doctor Answers | Asked by cheweb in Maryland

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Revise Tummy Tuck Scar

Thank you for your question. I would have to examine you in person to be certain, but from your photos it does appear that you have enough excess skin to revise your Tummy Tuck Scar to a lower location. Careful Liposuction could also improve your result

Revision will improve your results

Hello, Yes, revision tummy tuck can be performed and will improve your result but I would wait a few more months before doing so. When doing I recommend that you get full redo of your tummy tuck. Doing so will allow maximun lowering of your incision as well as maximum tightening of both the soft tissue and the abdominal wall. Additional liposuction can be performed at the same time.

Tummy Tuck Revision Surgery Candidate?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Although you may want to wait a few additional months of (and even up to one year) before undergoing revisionary surgery, I think you will be able to achieve an improved results with additional skin excision and possibly liposuction surgery. Best wishes.

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Tummy Tuck Scar Revision, Am I a Candidate?

No you are not at this time. you should wait at least a full year. But the issue is the pre operative discussions between you and your surgeon as to incision placement. This lowering idea is very very hard to achieve. No lipo will address these issues.

After tummy tuck

As a rule, the center of the abdomen is tighter than the sides after tummy tuck because much more tissue can be removed from the midline than from the sides. In your situation, you have two issues the level of the scar being too high and the extra tissue. You should discuss the revision with your doctor and wear underwear or bathing suit while being marked for the surgery to make sure the scar can be hidden, and where you want it. The level of the lateral arm of the scar has changed ... more

Tummy Tuck Scar Revision

Thanks for your question and for the photographs you have attached.from the third photo it looks like you're demonstrating some laxity near the edge of the incision. It looks like there is enough excess skin here event her incision could be lowered by extending your abdominoplasty part or most of the way around towards the back, the procedure some call posterior body lift or a belt lipectomy. It looks from the photos that she's had a full tummy tuck, but the skin tightening from that... more

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