Does a low carb diet effect surgery or recovery in any way? Thanks.

I would not do all of those procedures at the same time, since I like to spend a lot of time on tummy tucks to get a flat stomach, nice umbilicus, low scar that heals well, and re-attach the abdominal flap so drains are not needed. If a tummy tuck does not require a lot of liposuction, the an...

 It is normal to have drainage after a tummy tuck.   That's why most surgeons place drainage tubes.   Very dark drainage may indicate that you had some bleeding below your abdominal flap which is now "organizing" and coming to your tubes.  The blood initially forms a clot which then breaks ...

I am sorry that you are having your wound problems. After wound debridement, your tissues initially will not show much in the way of healing. Before your body can make the proteins involved in healing the wound, it must "gear up the factory" to make these proteins. Often, this will take about...

Yes, a tummy tuck hurts.  Patients who have had a c-section have said that the pain is similar with a tummy tuck but the recovery is easier because they don't have a newborn to take care of as well.  The worst of the pain is in the first 3 days after surgery, though it typically improves p...

Thanks for your pic and question. Have you discussed this with your PS? It is hard to know from the picture alone what is going on. It could be fullness above and below or an indentation. There are many reasons for contour issues: liposuction, direct fat removal from the undersurface of the s...

Thank you for sharing your question and photograph and congratulations on your surgery!  I would recommend keeping the area covered with an ointment such as Aquaphor and clean gauze until your body fills in the remaining hole from the inside-out.  At times the body can produce early scar t...