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Tummy Tuck w/ Colostomy?

asked 1 year ago by love my kids in Camp Hill, PA
Latest answer by Otto Joseph Placik, MD
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Tags: candidate, colon

Had colostomy for over 10 years.. The skin on the lower party of my stomach is so bulged out and have so much extras skin that my ostomy keeps pushing off. So my surgeon is doing a tummy tuck to take the extras fast or and skin to make my stomach flat again. But do you have to fix the abdominal wall so it will stay flat or will it work just taking or the fast and extra skin..

5 answers to Tummy Tuck w/ Colostomy?

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Tummy tuck for problem with osteotomy

I assume you are stating that the osteotomy appliance is not staying flush wih the abdomen due to a roll of skin and fat. This could be helped with a skin only abdominoplasty. see video
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck w/ Colostomy?

Regarding: "Tummy Tuck w/ Colostomy? Had colostomy for over 10 years.. The skin on the lower party of my stomach is so bulged out and have so much extras skin that my ostomy keeps pushing off. So my surgeon is doing a tummy tuck to take the extras fast or and skin to make my stomach flat again. But do you have to fix the abdominal wall so it will stay flat or will it work just taking or the fast and extra skin.." As I understand your question you have a colostomy (?... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Abdominoplasty

I'm assuming that your colostomy has been reversed already and is no longer present.  This may have created some laxity of the abdominal fascia.  In a standard abdominoplasty, the fascia is tightened and the excess skin is excised.  Thus, you should give your abdomen a better contour.
Jason R. Hess, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Repairing Tummy for Colostomy

As best as I can understand your question, I think your surgery to produce a better contour for your colostomy is not really anything like a "regular" tummy tuck. Your surgeon is be doing what's necessary for better functioning of your colostomy, including removing skin/fat excess, with- or without recontouring or reconstructing the abdominal wall.
Paul C. Zwiebel, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck w/ Colostomy

Either you are not understanding the exact procedure or the "surgeon" has not fully explained it to you. My guess, and I could be wrong, is you are having a lower extended abdominolplasty, with or without muscle repair. In other words, an extended mini tummy tuck or a paddlectomy. If you are having a full dissected tummy tuck than the surgeon must create a new colostomy opening. I doubt he is doing that but anything is possible. Muscle repair is not a mandatory portion of the... more
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

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