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Often the pain after tummy tucks, especially several months out, is from the rectus (Six-Pack) muscle repair/approximation. The two type of physical therapy I refer my patients to include: (1) Traditional Physical Therapy which includes muscle electro-stimulation, needling, massage, etc. (2) Muscle Activation Technique (MAT), which I am really fond of because many patients suffer from inadequate muscle fiber recruitment after surgery due to the dormant state of these muscles when the were separated by pregnancy and thus firing aberrantly.
Having a seroma that far out of surgery is not unheard of and is more common if there is a foreign body such as a mesh there. It is important that that fluid be sent off for any abnormalities such as infection and/or abnormal cells (At least in my opinion).
Best to seek in person opinions from only boarded PSs................................................
Edema after a tummy tuck takes about four months to resolve completely and you won't know if the upper area is dented or just not edema maiden like your lower abdomen. If is still there after full recover and healing from your tummy tuck it can easily be fat grafted!
Probably within the normal limits of recovery after this procedure, particularly in the absence of pain, redness, fever, worsening symptoms.However, to be sure, you should touch base with your surgeon and, if indicated, arrange to be seen in person.I hope that this helps and good luck,Dr. Alan...
Hello dear, Thank you for your post. In a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery, the tissue above the abdominal muscles is lifted off of the muscles from the lower scar to the ribs in a full tummy tuck. The superficial nerves that travel through the muscle to the skin are cut in order to do this....
if you would like to cover up a scar with tattoo pigment I would recommend that you wait about a year for the final result of the scar. If you want to make the scar look better rather than try to cover enough many new techniques have recently been described using fractional lasers and a drug d...
