Feels Like Ropes Underneath Skin Along Tummy Tuck Incision?

This is not the usual case and so I think you need to see both your plastic surgeon and your general surgeon.I would cuilture the fluid and have it analyzed to see if it is lymph fluid.Agasin this is not the normal course.

Following surgery, you will be walking in a bent-over position to keep tension off the newly tightened skin incision site. Although strenuous activity, and lifting more than ten pounds, must be avoided for 6 weeks, some people can return to work and daily activities as soon as 2 weeks after...

In our practice we tell our patients that it takes 6 to 12 months for your body to go back to normal. Just use caution when working out and start off slowly.

Some stretch marks can be eliminated with procedures that involve skin removal like a tummy tuck. Many of the stretch marks below the belly button can be eliminated through tummy tuck surgery, but this will not eliminate stretch marks on your hips or on any skin left behind. If you have excess...

Good question. This represents failure of healing, and colonization of the wound with bacteria. This needs to be cleaned up surgically, and then treated with wet to dry dressings to speed the healing. I do not agree with a hands off approach in the treatment of this wound. It needs to be...

Although this is rare, I have seen it 3 or 4 times in my practice. The treatment involves first removing the glue (your surgeon should be able to do this with a forcep in the office), an antihistamine for the itching, and moist dressings for any blistering which may occur. Even after all the...