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Why Are my Clothes Actually Tighter After a Tummy Tuck? (photo)

I'm kinda upset. I guess I expected that I would've lost a little weight from the skin, and an inch or so maybe? But its been a little over a...

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Can a Tummy Tuck Make an Existing Hiatel Hernia Worse After the Procedure?

I had a TT in April 2011, and my heartburn was always coontrolled by OTC meds. In August I started to have major stomach issues, sever burning and...

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Tummy Tuck Incision Opening?

I am two weeks out from a tummy tuck and it seems like my incision is opening. It is like this for about 4 inches on each side, where the drains were...

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Tummy Seems to Be Getting Bigger Instead of Smaller? (photo)

Hi im 4 weeks post op from a full tummy tuck and flank lipo and is wanting to know why my stomach seems to be appearing bigger now then from my first...

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Increasingly Bulging Upper Stomach After Lower Abdomen Tummy Tuck.

Had tummy tuck Dec 2010 for purposes of reconstructing breast after mastectomy(autologous tissue). My tuck is very tight(tissue removed is from lower...

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After a TT Can You Get More Stretch Marks? (photo)

I had a tummy tuck 1 week ago and I had a ton of stetch marks on my hips before. After my TT almost all of them were removed from what I could see. I...

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Abdominal Swelling 5 Years After A Tummy Tuck and Then Full Lower Body Lift?

I had two children by csection, 11 years later I had a tummy tuck in October 2006 with minor swelling. In May 2007 I had a lower body lift and my...

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Tummy Tuck Four Years Ago; Extremely Overweight Then; Sob and Asthma Exasperated Since then?

I had tummy tuck four yrs ago weighing about 270 at 5'6". I wear CPAP and have obstructive sleep apnea. Since the surgery, I have found it harder and...

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5 Months Post Full Tummy Tuck and Things Do Not Feel Right?

4 month post full tt I went dancing, now a month later & since then I have had daily pain left of my bb w/ a small bulge that is noticeable to me....

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