I have tried everything to get these holes on my hip to close. Did a round of antibiotics, kept it moist with honey, oil, ointment, Vaseline, etc.... Let it scab. Kept it covered. Nothing will work. Non smoker, 38 yr old, fit, no health issues. It has been open for 2 mos and I am so sick of it. Been to see ps almost weekly and not helping. I don't see a stitch. Help! No matter what I try, when I take a shower and the ointment or scab is gone, the holes are still there. Very superficial.
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It depends on how much you do not like the extra
skin or how much you care about scarring. The scar of a reverse tummy
tuck can be pretty visible over the upper abdomen. It is so hard
to make the upper skin completely tight after a tummy tuck. In some instances
the incision would have too much...
The “weight loss” depends on how much skin and fat there is to remove. Otherwise don’t expect the scale to go down dramatically as a tummy tuck is not a weight loss procedure but a body contouring one.
Thank you for your question. While your surgeon is correct that the large Kocher incision used in a open gallbladder surgery does compromise some of the blood vessels to the abdominal tissue, this scar is not an absolute contraindication to a tummy tuck. The procedure does need to be...
