Could bad scar tissue cause issues for a tummy tuck?

Tummy tucks are commonly done on women who have had children, and correspondingly, many of these patients have had at least one C-section. The scar tissue that causes adherence in the area of the C-section is often:a) improved by dissecting through it to release the skin and fat flap off the muscle layer, andb) not actually "bad scar tissue" from the perspective of a plastic surgeon. Sometimes we cut out some of the thick, collagenous scar tissue during the operation; in other cases, it just needs to be dissected through and then when the redraping of tissue is done, the result is a smoother scar and plane of adherence between tissues. Most of the time, I make the tummy tuck incision just below the C-section scar in order to remove the old scar and underlying scar tissue with the tissue that is coming out with the tummy tuck. If you actually form bad scarring IN THE SKIN, you need to be assessed for your tendency to form keloids or hypertrophic scars, which could impact the visibility of your external scar once healed.

If you have bad scarring from a c-section the scarring will probably be helped by a tummy tuck at least in my hands.  The procedure releases and excises the scars and closes the incisions in layers to minimize the indentations and adhesions from the c-sections.  Discuss this with your plastic surgeon when you go for a consultation.  Good luck, Dr. Schuster in Boca Raton