Ingrown hairs and tummy tuck in women of color?

HelloYou have significant stretch marks on your skin, which can lead to looseness after surgery. However, it appears that an insufficient amount of skin was removed from your abdomen. Unfortunately, you will need a tummy tuck revision.

The classic treatment for an abdomen with fullness, laxity of the muscles and also loose wrinkly skin both above and below the umbilicus is a classic abdominoplasty. Liposuction alone can yield unwanted contour irregularities if one has pre-existing wrinkling on the skin and poor skintone. A...

It is possible that fullness in the upper abdomen on the mid line could represent a hernia although I suspect this would be not the most common reason for the bulge. Other possible issues include a hematoma that has since fibrosed into scar tissue. A chronic seroma is another possibility. The...

It is not unusual to see contour irregularities resulting from sutures shortly after an abdominoplasty or revision of abdominoplasty scar. The appearance can also be aggravated by the localized swelling one expects in the first several weeks around the incision. Most likely, dissolvable stitches...

Thanks for your photos and questions. There can be residual swelling for up to a year. I would suggest an Ultrasound to ensure there isn't seroma contributing to the swelling. If that's negative you could try lymphatic massage. That can often improve difficult swelling. Waiting a year from...