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Diep breast reconstruction. Is it really like a tummy tuck?

ramona58
I'm doing risk reducing mastectomy and I'm a candidate for DIEP. I forgot to ask the plastic surgeon about what happens to my fat above the umbilicus. From reading online, it does not appear that they liposuction they do with a cosmetic tummy tuck. Yet, I am reading all over the place online that DIEP is like a tummy tuck. If I do DIEP, will the fat above the umbilicus hang over my waist, giving me a muffin top? Can I self pay after the reconstruction to get the liposuction done? Thanks

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