What would happen if I changed my mind about surgery?

A tummy tuck does include a panniculectomy, however, a panniculectomy may not include a full tummy tuck. A panniculectomy simply means to excise (surgically remove) the apron of skin that generally results from weight loss.With a tummy tuck, all of the abdominal wall skin and underlying...

Contact your surgeons office, they are your best resource since they know exactly what was done. This needs to be treated in person and the stitch needs to be removed. Best wishes. Dean Vistnes.

My technique covers and seals completely the operative site including the belly button for at least two weeks. Unless there is a profound indication to remove the sealed areas - it is covered for this amount of time. This gives me the best result in my opinion. I allow showering without spray on...

If you are having a regular tummy tuck, you will undoubtedly have a scar around your belly button as well. UV radiation causes hyperpigmentation (brown discoloration) of healing scars for more than a year after surgery. Your surgeon is probably thinking of providing you with the very best result...

Once the drain output has dropped enough to pull the drain then the body just absorbs the remaining fluid over time. That is the simplest way to explain this.

This looks like two separate things--a rash that has the shape of what may have been steristrips, and some minor wound separation. This does not look like any kind of emergency, so seeing to you kids appointments seems reasonable. Until you can see your surgeon, getting in the shower a couple...