I had a TT Jan. 12, 2015 with muscle repair. Around week 2 I had a bad bad bad bowel movement that an enima couldn't even help. Eventually I finally pushed enough to go and heard popping above and below my belly button and felt some light pain. Now I am 5 weeks out and am starting to have some strange pressure around my belly button. It sort of feels like I'm being pushed from the inside out and to touch it feels weird and a little painful. I'm a few days late for my period and I am swollen.
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The treatment of keloids and scars from a plastic surgery procedure
such as a tummy tuck begins with early treatment. I would suggest
application of Plato's Scar Serum once the skin has epithelialized,
laser with microfractional RF and ablation, and pulsed dye laser.
Surgical revision is...
I see no need for either component separation or mesh in tummy tucks I have performed. They may have their place in a severely stretched out tummy with a true hernia, but those cases are not the typical tummy tuck. Component separation and mesh are used in really bad...
The wrinkles you have will definitely smooth out over the next few months. You actually look like you have an excellent result. I have never had to re operate because of wrinkling on a tummy tuck. They always get better with time.