Can my Diverification of the abdominal rectus and other abdominal muscles be repaired during a tummy tuck operation?

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I am a 50 year old man who has over the last ten years, asked what was causing my abdomen to split where I can feel and see it.I know that I have a hernia I'm told is difficult to repair and a large Diverification of my abdominus rectus muscles which seem to be spreading further apart. I am including a photo of my stomach , abdomen and distended abdomen . I am praying that this large amount of adipose tissue has increased over the years, the hernia seems larger and I want my flat stomach back. Can my Diverification of the abdominal rectus and other abdominal muscles be repaired during a tummy tuck operation?

Carmina Cardenas, MD · Answer

Muscle is a very flexible tissue and does not offer any type of restriction to the intrabdominal volume.By genetics we all have very different ways to put on weight and in your particular case that weight has being growing as fat inside of the abdominal cavity.I have to be honest and tell you that a Tummy Tuck and Muscle repair would not make your abdomen flatter because the muscle  wouldn't contain itself the intrabdominal organs and fat in place.You have to lose weight to reach your ideal and you will see the abdominal circumference to reduce dramatically and then a Tummy Tuck could be done as well as the muscle repair to fix the dyastasis wich is the separation of the recti muscle.Feel encouraged. Your safety and health is priority.Dr. Cardenas

Robert T. Buchanan, MD (retired) · Answer

Although impossible to be sure with just a picture, it appears that the reason you have the diastasis and protuberant abdomen is that you have a significant collection of fat around your gut. Repair of a large diastasis during abdominoplasty is an easy and safe procedure on someone who has minimal intraabdominal fat. In you, however, i would not recommend a tummy tuck until you lose the intraabdominal fat and can lay flat without any prominance of the abdomen.

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