Help! I had abdominoplasty and liposuction done just over a year ago, for which I paid $18,000, and I'm am completely dissatisfied with the results. My surgeon told me he was unable to do a full tummy tuck, as I didn't have a sufficient amount of excess skin, so he did a mini tummy tuck. I am unhappy with the bulging and irregularities over the incision scar. What can I do to improve my abdomen?
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Post surgical treatments do not affect Liposuction results. Having done the interventions you describe earlier would not have changed your outcome.
The procedure itself is the only variables that determines what someone’s results will be. Patients who were treated in an uneven fashion and a...
Sometimes the full scar needs to be revised and this just entails surgically removing and restitching the scar. Sometimes the scar plus the skin needs to be removed and that is a revision liposuction/tummy tuck. I suggest seeing an expert in revision procedures that combine liposuction/fat...
Swelling post-lipo can persist for months, so it's important to be on the right after-care protocols. In addition to compression, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and radiofrequency treatments, lymphatic massage is highly effective in the prevention of fluid buildup, scar tissue, inflammation, and...