Lump Above Belly Button Post Tummy Tuck

Thank you for your question and photos. Notwithstanding your concerns, you have an excellent tummy tuck result and figure.  Muscle tightening can cause discomfort for some time after surgery especially in fit patients like yourself. It resolves with time.  Your belly button looks normal.  It is difficult to tell from the photos, but you may have some fullness above the belly button below the sternum.  This is most likely the muscle as your surgeon suggested in someone in shape like yourself. Another potential cause is a bursa or inflammation if your recovery was complicated by a seroma...this is unlikely if your recovery was uneventful.  It is best to discuss this matter further with your surgeon.  You trusted him/her to care for you and they delivered an excellent result.  There is no reason to not trust their judgement and counseling at this point.  Best wishes on our recovery.

The area could be your muscle and just some inflammation from the sutures used to tighten the muscle.  Sometimes it can take up to 6-8 months before they calm down, longer in a few cases.

Thank you for your question. You need to be examined by a board certified plastic surgeon if your current surgeon is not giving you adequate answers.As others have stated the possibilities include a failure of diastases sutures and recurrence above the belly button, a hernia at the prior belly button site, or residual fat if liposuction was done