I had a tummy tuck a little over 6 months ago. I'm still not flat And I still Kind of look Look Pregnant. My doctor kerps telking me it will go down, but i am no where near flat So I don't That i'm gonna Go to Down Enough Two Be flat. Does this look normal? I seen so many other Results that look so much better then mine, I did everything I was Suppose to. How can I get this flat?
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You need an examination to see if this is residual fat or if the muscle repair is loose or if it is internal fat. With internal fat, you have to lose weight.
It is difficult to assess whether this is recurrent diastasis or remaining upper abdomen fat, but likely the problem is remaining upper abdomen fat. Because the blood supply during the tummy tuck comes from the upper abdomen, aggressive liposuction cannot be done at the same time to this upper...
When morbidly obese people successfully lose a lot of weight they typically develop skin laxity. The obesity was not in a simply vertical or horizontal direction. so the skin laxity people who lose a lot of weight develop is loose in many directions.
A standard tummy tuck or even an extended...