I am 3 years post TT with MR. I still swell daily and it gets really hard and swelling can be painful to the touch. Is the shelf like appearance of my tummy due to poor healing of my scar and build up of scar tissue internally? And if so, would a revision address this? A massage therapist told me this is lymph that can't drain because of my scar, could a revision improve this?
My doctor says my tummy tuck surgery will be challenging due to scar tissue from 2 past liposuctions done 20 years ago, that I may not get as smooth or as tight a result. I am 70 years old, no pregnancies, fit, BMI 21. I don't know if I should have muscle tightening. Have not read anything about past lipo presenting problems and would like to understand this better. Am I not a good candidate? Don't PS's deal with this all the time? Pics are w/tummy pulled in & tummy relaxed.
I had a full tummy tuck in 8-1-23. In September at follow up I had a seroma he cut open and drained about 2 cups of fluid. In December I saw my Dr. and had fat nercrosis removed in January. He said I had scar tissue left and we would discuss at it at my next appointment. On April 16th he is going to start injections to dissolve the scar tissue. The area is hard, uncomfortable and hurts. I want this removed but am afraid Ill possibly go through all the above again if I have a revision.
Hello! Had ETT with MR 4/15/22. My left side of my incision constantly hurts in a small area. Ive been on to see my ps because I swear I thought I had opened internally in that spot. He doesn't think so and gave me a shot in my incision at that area of steroid and nerve block in which I almost came off the table screaming in pain. He said that its a nerve or its scar tissue the nerve is stuck in/around. What else could it be?!! Does this sound accurate of what Im experiencing? Im so over it
Will j plasma or any kind of skin tightening effects how much skin can be pulled down? Because I've heard that plasma is temporary but won't it cause more scar tissue making it a little bit more difficult to perform the tummy tuck?
After a lot of reading, it seem that permanent (non-dissolvable) sutures are commonly used internally when repairing the abdominal muscles in tummy tucks, often a form of nylon based on what I'm reading. This makes me kind of anxious: do they tend to hold up for life? What happens if one breaks? Does the risk of them breaking go down as time passes - or is it less of an issue if they do break years later because scar tissue forms? And finally, do some have immune responses to permanent sutures?
I hAd a full abdominoplasty 11 years go. It has always let very tight, and dips in at the suture area above my pubis, which has since given me a FUPA. I have never stopped feeling like he front of my lower abdomen is a corset. It feels hard and u have no feeling up through my belly button. I assume I have a lot of scar tissue by now. Are there surgeries that I can have to remove some of the scar tissue and feel released in his area, without losing more feeling?
I had a Mommy Makeover last December. There seems to be hardened fat or scar tissue under the skin where my tummy tuck scar is. It hasn't gone away. In fact, sometimes when I position my stomach in a certain way it seems to stick out. This is very concerning to me. Will this go away as I loose more weight?