i had back to back pregnancies and i am now 10 months postnatal. my first pregnancy was a singleton and my second was twins. both were full term and delivered naturally. i have a 1.5 finger width diastasis recti and i havent fully tried rehabbing thru pt and pilates. my hope is to rehab fully without surgery but i would like to have my belly button surgical repaired to an innie. im 15 lbs from goal weight and im also bloated. how realistic are my goals and what are my options? thanks
Answer: Rectus plication and hernia repair
Exercise will not make you better and may make your hernia bigger. You appear to need full rectus plication and hernia repair. If a complete umbilical skin incision is made you may have loss of adequate blood flow to belly button and skin necrosis. Best option in my opinion is to do hernia repair as insurance procedure with a with mini tummy tuck with full rectus plication. You need to find someone who can do this with only a upper 1/2 belly button incision, I use a narrow lighted retractor and with a good assistant the procedure takes about 2 hours. Good Luck!
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Answer: Rectus plication and hernia repair
Exercise will not make you better and may make your hernia bigger. You appear to need full rectus plication and hernia repair. If a complete umbilical skin incision is made you may have loss of adequate blood flow to belly button and skin necrosis. Best option in my opinion is to do hernia repair as insurance procedure with a with mini tummy tuck with full rectus plication. You need to find someone who can do this with only a upper 1/2 belly button incision, I use a narrow lighted retractor and with a good assistant the procedure takes about 2 hours. Good Luck!
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Answer: Hernia Repair and Plication
You do not appear to have a lot of skin laxity. As such hernia repair, outie to innie repair, and plication with small incision minitummytuck may be appropriate.
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Answer: Hernia Repair and Plication
You do not appear to have a lot of skin laxity. As such hernia repair, outie to innie repair, and plication with small incision minitummytuck may be appropriate.
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December 24, 2012
Answer: Best Option for Abdominal Wall Concerns?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
You should be quite proud of the appearance of your abdomen ( thanks to your efforts through diet and exercise). Your options at this point include:
1. Repair of the umbilical hernia ( which will obviously address the appearance of the umbilicus, if done by a surgeon with an eye to aesthetics).
2. A full tummy tuck if you wish to achieve a flatter contour of the abdominal wall. Unfortunately, despite your commendable efforts, there's only so much that you will be able to achieve after twin pregnancy and spreading of the abdominal wall muscles.
Be careful if you are offered the “mini” tummy tuck procedure. In my opinion, the mini tummy talk is an operation that produces very limited results and is very rarely indicated. It involves a shorter incision but does not address the majority of the abdominal wall issues present for most patients who present in consultation. For example, the area of skin excised is quite small. The abdominal wall musculature is addressed below the umbilicus leaving the upper number wall potentially lax. The appearance of the umbilicus is not necessarily addressed sufficiently.
I hope this (and the attached link) helps.
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December 24, 2012
Answer: Best Option for Abdominal Wall Concerns?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
You should be quite proud of the appearance of your abdomen ( thanks to your efforts through diet and exercise). Your options at this point include:
1. Repair of the umbilical hernia ( which will obviously address the appearance of the umbilicus, if done by a surgeon with an eye to aesthetics).
2. A full tummy tuck if you wish to achieve a flatter contour of the abdominal wall. Unfortunately, despite your commendable efforts, there's only so much that you will be able to achieve after twin pregnancy and spreading of the abdominal wall muscles.
Be careful if you are offered the “mini” tummy tuck procedure. In my opinion, the mini tummy talk is an operation that produces very limited results and is very rarely indicated. It involves a shorter incision but does not address the majority of the abdominal wall issues present for most patients who present in consultation. For example, the area of skin excised is quite small. The abdominal wall musculature is addressed below the umbilicus leaving the upper number wall potentially lax. The appearance of the umbilicus is not necessarily addressed sufficiently.
I hope this (and the attached link) helps.
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April 5, 2017
Answer: Mini tummy tuck and umbilical hernia repair Thank you for your question and pictures. Unfortunately, exercise alone will not address the facial diastases that you have. You are a good candidates to undergo a mini abdominoplasty and fascial plication during which you umbilical hernia repair will be addressed. This will in turn give you an "inny" after the operation. Best of luck.
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April 5, 2017
Answer: Mini tummy tuck and umbilical hernia repair Thank you for your question and pictures. Unfortunately, exercise alone will not address the facial diastases that you have. You are a good candidates to undergo a mini abdominoplasty and fascial plication during which you umbilical hernia repair will be addressed. This will in turn give you an "inny" after the operation. Best of luck.
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December 22, 2012
Answer: Exercise will not fix rectus diastasis
It appears that your main problem is diastasis of the rectus muscle and not really your weight. Even when you reach your goal weight you will still have the diastasis regardless of how much you exercise. Also your "outie" belly button is likely an umbilical hernia. All of these issues need to be evaluated by board certified plastic surgeon. You likely would be a good candidate for an excellent result from a tummy tuck procedure.
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December 22, 2012
Answer: Exercise will not fix rectus diastasis
It appears that your main problem is diastasis of the rectus muscle and not really your weight. Even when you reach your goal weight you will still have the diastasis regardless of how much you exercise. Also your "outie" belly button is likely an umbilical hernia. All of these issues need to be evaluated by board certified plastic surgeon. You likely would be a good candidate for an excellent result from a tummy tuck procedure.
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