I have two abdominal incisions. One's a scar revision around and below my navel. The other is under the bikini line from the tummy tuck. Is that a gentle tape I can use to cover these lines if I want to show my skin? Could I put a scar cream like Mederma along the scar with the tape on it? I don't want anything that will be too sticky. Thank you. The photo below shows my old scar before this surgery--the scar that did not heal well.
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Sure you can!! I do see patients that already have a very tight, muscular abdomen, that just need the skin tightened up (just did one this week!). It is less common and you need to make sure that you really will be satisfied with the muscle wall tightness if nothing is done!! And the recovery is...
I try to not make a vertical scar during the abdominoplasty procedure. I am not sure why you would need that without looking at photos. typically the pyloric stenosis scar is a small scar horizontal in nature in the right upper abdomen. You may want to consider a second opinion or at least show...
Lenox Hill Hospital is an excellent hospital and it is very common to have an abdominoplasty there. There are two locations (77th street and 64th street). While most of the outpatient cosmetic plastic surgery is performed at the 64th street campus, the main hospital on 77th street is...