Background i am 33yp mom. I was 330 now 285. My apron now reaches my mid thigh and the flap starts mid hip i can now flip it up and down it is getting looser. I get sores from working out they clear up but i have to take a week off from working out to clear them up every time. From having 5 kids and being obese i have a abdominal seperation. I also have a worsening degenerative back issue that is making it hard to exercise from the weight of my apron. I have no diabetes or high blood pressure
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I only see one. The vertical scar is used to keep your horizontal scar low when the skin originally from above your belly button doesn't reach that lower scar. Because you already have stretch marks in this area it will eventually fade and look like a stretch mark. Healing in the T area is...
For cases like you describe, I'll generally charge the patient for facility and anesthesia time, but won't charge them a 'surgeon's fee'. All of these policies are explained to patients prior to surgery - so there are no difficult post operative discussion about revisions.
Using tobacco brings a significant risk of cancer, stroke, heat attack, etc. From a Plastic Surgery standpoint it is a vasoconstrictor. Wound healing is all about getting oxygen and needed entities to the wound. It is well known that patients who smoke have a tremendous increase in their rate of...
