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4 Weeks Post-tummy Tuck and I Noticed That the Upper Mid Ab Bulges - Normal?
4 weeks post-tummy tuck with muscle repair. My belly button area is tight and flat, but the upper middle section of my abs are not, the definition is nice, but it protrudes outwards, it's about 4 inches above my belly button. It does not look right, but if it were flat it would be nice. Do you think it will be flat? It does not look that way to me. Also I wear a girdle daily to work and when I get home from work I wear the brace the Dr. provided.
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Honolulu5979
in Honolulu, HI
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Is it improved or not?
Picture before and after are needed to determine what your condition is. The before shape of the ribs and the abdomen could make this area prominent. Intrabdominal fat can make this area difficult to flatten. Is liposuction was done the thickness of the tissue in this area will be less. If a plication of the muscle was done then the area should be less prominent than preop. It all depends on if it is better than it was before the surgery was done.
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Incomplete Muscle Repair Can Give You an Upper Abdominal Bulge
Most of the swelling is gone 4 weeks post-operatively. The residual bulge could be either fat that did not get liposuctionned or more likely, failure to plicate the upper part of the rectus abdominis muscles. This is a common problem with mini-tummy-tuck when the surgeon may not have repaired the top part of the dehisced (separated) muscles. Wait another 2 months then review this with your surgeon. Dr. Marc DuPéré, Plastic Surgeon Toronto, VISAGE Clinic
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Upper Abdominal bulge after Abdominoplasty
Most of the swelling from surgery would have subsided ( by 80%-90%) by now.
Did you have a "mini" abdominoplasty or a full/standard abdominoplasty? Ask your plastic surgeon. Good luck!
New York Plastic Surgeon
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I have bulging in my upper abdominal area 4 weeks after a tummy tuck. Normal?
You should be healed by now. There are few reasons for bulging. 1) placation is too loose or failed. 2) you have excess fat that could not be suctioned at the time but could be suctioned now. 3) you could have a fluid accumulation. All these thing can be taken care of. Talk to your surgeon about these possibilities. Good luck.
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Upper belly still budging after tummy tuck
This is difficult to assess without more specific details. However I can only guess that a muscle repair was not performed or failed. Discuss this with your surgeon to find out the details of the procedure.
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Flat tummy
After your surgery, the intention is to flatten your abdomen however if you have abundant fatty tissues in that area then yes, it can bulge. Nobody can say it will be totally flat no matter what after a tummy tuck unless they've evaluated your preoperative status so don't panic. Speak to your plastic surgeon, he may tell you that there's some fat that needs to be suctioned and wasn't comfortable removing it in your case for one reason or another. ...
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Bulge in upper abdominal area after a tummy tuck...
When a surgeon is done with an tummytuck procedure the upper abdominal area is FLAT if the repair was taken all the way to the xiphoid area.(the bottom of the breast bone area).
Post operatively sometimes patients cough or sneeze or do heavy lifting or engage in activites which might cause the repair to loosen or break in this area. If this happens the repair needs to be repeated. Usually though patients feel significant discomfort if this does happen...
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Upper abdominal bulge 4 weeks out
The bulge in your upper abdomen acan be alot of things. Most commonly it is the muscle plication, sometimes it is fluid from a seroma or blood. These are the most common. It could also be swelling.
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Upper abdominal bulge after tummy tuck
Four weeks after tummy tuck your abdomen should be flat with a good contour. The bulge in the upper abdomen may be a number to things and possibly a small amount of bleeding or a fluid collection is present in the area. It is also possible that the muscle repair was not carried high enough up to the chest. See your surgeon to check things out. Fluid or a seroma in the area is easily resolved.
Best of luck,
peterejohnsonmd
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4 Weeks Post-tummy Tuck and I Noticed That the Upper Mid Ab Bulges - Normal?
Very hard to advise without photos or a scan of the area. Seek a second opinion in person. My guess is a hernia or failed muscle repair. From MIAMI Dr. Darryl J. Blinski
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Bulge after Tummy Tuck
With out seeing pictures or examining you, it is difficult to give you specific advice. The cause from the bulge could be fat, fluid collection (seroma), blood (hematoma) or failure of a complete rectus diastasis repair. Your surgeon should be able to give you a better idea of what is going on.
Good luck.
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Bulge in upper abdomen after a tummy tuck
You are weeks from your surgery. Depending on what exactly was done, this upper abdominal "bulge" may go away with time. If liposuction was done in this area, you can expect more swelling. It also depends how you wear your garment or the binder you were given, but I would see your surgeon to make sure you do not have a seroma. Good luck with healing.
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Upper abdomen bulge after tummy tuck
A bulge in the upper abdomen may be a result of a number of factors depending on what procedure you had. If you had liposuction here, the lymphatic drainage is disturbed by the liposuction and persistent edema can complicate the recovery and the result. If the tummy tuck did not extend to the ribs, often there is a mismatch between the extensive correction around and below the belly button and the residual loose and/or thick tissue in the upper abdomen. Finally, as mentioned by others,...
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Mid-upper abdominal bulge after tummy tuck
Four weeks after a tummy tuck may still be too early to judge since there may be swelling and the skin may still redrape. Check with your surgeon just to be sure you don't have a fluid collection (seroma) under the skin.
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