Having Gallblader issues for 10 years. Singular stone the size of a peace pit, causing Charlie horsing in abdomin once every 4 months. The past 6 months, Charlie horsing increased in frequency to once a month, I also started weight training. Abdominal injury caused diastasis Recti - noticeable bulge in abdomin when I do crunches. I also plan to get tummy tuck and gynocomastia surgery. I heard gallbladder surgery might prevent TT. Is this true? Should I do TT first? I’ll NEED both done.
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Looking at the CT scan your core muscles appear to be well developed with minimal intraabdominal fat. On the two static images you provided you do not appear to have a large diastasis so it is possible that in terms of lateral flank contouring you would have modest improvement with diastasis...
If you find the right general surgeon they can consider doing a laparoscopic repair of the umbilical hernia with full diastasis repair at the same time. I recommend checking out American hernia society and finding a surgeon close to you to consult with. That is a great group.
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Thank you for your question. The images suggest a significant diastasis of the rectus muscles. I think this is the problem rather than visceral fat. In general, visceral fat accumulation in women occurs when the BMI is around 30 or above, which is not your situation.
Correction of the diastasis...
