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Tummy Tuck
Plastic Surgery

What it is: a surgical procedure to correct the apron of excess skin hanging over your abdomen.

What it addresses:

- excess or sagging abdominal skin

- an abdomen that protrudes and is out of proportion to the rest of your body

- abdominal muscles that have been separated and weakened

- excess fatty tissue that is concentrated in your abdomen

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Tummy tuck - What should I do if I look bloated and fat after tummy tuck?

It has been 6 mo. since my tummy tuck, my stomach is looking bloated and fat... I want anouther tuck? Should i get anouther one? I thinck if i exercise it will flatten? But, I dont know what exersice should i do?

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Asked by: Felicia Pappas
woodbridge,va

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August 13, 2008

Post-tummy tuck swelling

Steven Wallach, MD
Steven Wallach, MD
Board Certified
Plastic Surgeon

This is a tough question to answer without seeing you preoperatively or postoperatively.

Most swelling after surgery usually subsides within the first few months. Some of my patients that I perform a tummy tuck on will need a second stage liposuction of the abdominal flap. I stage them because I think it is safer.

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