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Attaching Loose Skin to the Muscle After Vaser Lipo?
asked 3 years ago by mauryelle in tucson az
Latest answer by Peter A. Aldea, MD
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I had Vaser Liposuction about a year ago and my skin on my stomach still has not attached itself back to my abdominal muscles. Does anyone know why this might have happened? Is there any way to quicken the process? And lastly, can this be permanent?
2 answers to Attaching Loose Skin to the Muscle After Vaser Lipo?
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Loose Skin and Liposuction
Dear Mauryelle,
Liposuction merely removes the subcutaneous fat. While in some people SOME shrinkage of the overlying skin may be seen, the procedure is designed to sculpt and contour the fat under the skin.
An Abdominoplasty, on the other hand, is designed to tighten and flatten BOTH the tummy muscles and the anterior abdominal skin.
Although multiple modalities with seductive catchy names purport to safely and predicatbly shrink the tummy skin without surgery, the vast majority of Baord...
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What you have is permanent unless you get a tummy tuck
At a year out, you are fully healed and are seeing the result at its endpoint. There is nothing more you can do to improve the result unless you would consider a tummy tuck to remove the loose skin and tighten everything up.
Unfortunately, I expect your doctor should have predicted this before surgery and told you about this possibility. I wonder if they are a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon or not. Frequently, non-plastic surgeons will "sell" a patient on liposuction because...
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