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How to Fix Folds of Skin from Tummy Tuck?

asked 3 years ago by TATA3 in LONGVIEW, TEXAS
Latest answer by Mary C. Herte, MD
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I'm 6 weeks post-op and I'm very concerned about the vertical folds of skin along my belly button after my full Tummy Tuck surgery.

Doctor says it will relax over time he said I had a huge hernia and very bad muscle damage leading to this appearance when skin was pulled back together. I had no fat in my stomach. I was not expecting a result like this at all.

Can anyone help me and tell me what I need to do next? Due to what happened, I'm searching for another doctor to repair this damage.

2 answers to How to Fix Folds of Skin from Tummy Tuck?

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Longer compression time may help skin contract

Your result from your tummy tuck surgery tells me that you were very thin and had very loose skin over your abdomen, an indicator that you worked very hard to get your figure back on your own! I can also see your stretch marks in the photo that tell me that you were very overstretched. This surgery result shows that you had excess skin around your middle as well as up and down. Tummy Tuck generally takes care of the up and down excess but not the all around looseness. This surgery is... more
Mary C. Herte, MD

Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon
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Give it time for loose vertical skin to contract after tummy tuck

It is too early to do anything. Wait and observe. Commonly skin will shrink when it is gathered, a process we call apoptosis. The only alternative to remove loose vertical skin is to perform a vertical scar which many of my patients find objectionable. They would prefer loose vertical skin rather than a vertical scar. Of course, you may have different preferences and so I am speaking in generalities. It is also possible that by making your scar longer, you could pull the skin outwards but... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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