My goal is to completely avoid the scar from the fleur de lis. I found a surgeon who claims I can get great results with the extended tummy tuck. She said that she has a technique to get me the results I want without doing the fluer de lis. Is this possible with the amount of skin I have above my belly button
July 19, 2024
Answer: Doubtful. You need a fleur-de-lis (FDL). Congratulations on the massive weight loss and thank you for sharing your question and your photos. Based on your photographs, you have a massive amount of skin redundancy and laxity of the abdominal torso in both the vertical and circumferential dimensions. A tummy tuck procedure, even an extended one, pulls the redundant skin downward, but does nothing for the circumferential dimension. Avoiding the vertical scars of an FDL, the skin will be pulled downward, but you'll still have skin redundancy in the circumferential dimension, meaning around your abdominal torso. I understand that your goal is to avoid having the vertical scars of a FDL, but if you're trying to achieve a flat tight abdomen, a FDL is exactly what you need. I am not aware of any surgical technique to excise the redundant skin in the circumferential dimension without leaving a vertical scar.
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July 19, 2024
Answer: Doubtful. You need a fleur-de-lis (FDL). Congratulations on the massive weight loss and thank you for sharing your question and your photos. Based on your photographs, you have a massive amount of skin redundancy and laxity of the abdominal torso in both the vertical and circumferential dimensions. A tummy tuck procedure, even an extended one, pulls the redundant skin downward, but does nothing for the circumferential dimension. Avoiding the vertical scars of an FDL, the skin will be pulled downward, but you'll still have skin redundancy in the circumferential dimension, meaning around your abdominal torso. I understand that your goal is to avoid having the vertical scars of a FDL, but if you're trying to achieve a flat tight abdomen, a FDL is exactly what you need. I am not aware of any surgical technique to excise the redundant skin in the circumferential dimension without leaving a vertical scar.
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July 16, 2024
Answer: Fleur-de-lis We can sometimes be surprised by a standard skin resection in these scenarios, however, with the degree of laxity seen in the photos, you would likely have a crease down the middle of the skin afterwards due to the downward pulling and excess vertical skin excess.
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July 16, 2024
Answer: Fleur-de-lis We can sometimes be surprised by a standard skin resection in these scenarios, however, with the degree of laxity seen in the photos, you would likely have a crease down the middle of the skin afterwards due to the downward pulling and excess vertical skin excess.
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July 15, 2024
Answer: FDL It does appear that you have a significant amount of skin laxity both horizontally and vertically. An extended abdominoplasty with FDL would help you achieve the most skin removal.
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July 15, 2024
Answer: FDL It does appear that you have a significant amount of skin laxity both horizontally and vertically. An extended abdominoplasty with FDL would help you achieve the most skin removal.
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