Swelling or muscle repair failure? (Photos)

March 31, 2017
Asked By:sunnytrinh in San Jose, CA

I'm 6 weeks post full tummy tuck. After back to daily activity at week 3 I started to notice my upper tummy bigger than the lower one. I went to see my surgeon and he said I'm doing great on healing process. But It's still bother me since my tummy was flat on first 3 weeks then now it looks bigger on the top. Do I still have some fat need to remove, swelling or failure muscle repair?

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