It’s been two years post surgery and this little bulge above my belly b is driving me crazy. I tried laser treatments thinking that it was loose skin but that wasn’t the case. I’ve never been overweight and had lipo done two years ago… i can’t figure out what this and I want to treat it properly. you can see that it is giving me a frowning belly button.
May 10, 2024
Answer: Skin wave Although it is impossible to diagnose your issue by photos without a physical examination, the list of possibilities is short. The most likely is that it is a skin wave. Skin waves occur after liposuction when the normal anchoring system of subcutaneous fascia has been ruptured or attenuated. This anchoring system is a series of fibers perpendicular to the skin surface that hold skin down to its underlying deep tissues (the deep fascia that envelopes muscles). When they rupture or elongate, skin slides downwards until is catches something to hold onto, which causes a 'pile up'. In your case, your belly button, which is the ultimate anchor of your abdominal skin. For someone who is young and doesn't already have inframammary scars from a breast lift, and therefore an unlikely candidate for a reverse abdominoplasty, I would recommend revision HD liposuction with Renuvion, a radiofrequency/helium plasma device designed to heat tissues. The logic behind this recommendation lies in re-creating space under the skin (the revision liposuction), unweighting/debulking the subcutaneous tissue (liposuction), followed by the thermal tightening of these fascial anchors (Renuvion). This recommendation comes with a cautionary note: you want a real expert in revision body contouring to minimize the possibility of having new problems. To be clear though, the most straightforward way of fixing this problem with certainty is a reverse abdominoplasty. The scar is mostly hidden under each breast, with the exception of the scar traversing the intermammary gap at the bottom of your sternum.
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May 10, 2024
Answer: Skin wave Although it is impossible to diagnose your issue by photos without a physical examination, the list of possibilities is short. The most likely is that it is a skin wave. Skin waves occur after liposuction when the normal anchoring system of subcutaneous fascia has been ruptured or attenuated. This anchoring system is a series of fibers perpendicular to the skin surface that hold skin down to its underlying deep tissues (the deep fascia that envelopes muscles). When they rupture or elongate, skin slides downwards until is catches something to hold onto, which causes a 'pile up'. In your case, your belly button, which is the ultimate anchor of your abdominal skin. For someone who is young and doesn't already have inframammary scars from a breast lift, and therefore an unlikely candidate for a reverse abdominoplasty, I would recommend revision HD liposuction with Renuvion, a radiofrequency/helium plasma device designed to heat tissues. The logic behind this recommendation lies in re-creating space under the skin (the revision liposuction), unweighting/debulking the subcutaneous tissue (liposuction), followed by the thermal tightening of these fascial anchors (Renuvion). This recommendation comes with a cautionary note: you want a real expert in revision body contouring to minimize the possibility of having new problems. To be clear though, the most straightforward way of fixing this problem with certainty is a reverse abdominoplasty. The scar is mostly hidden under each breast, with the exception of the scar traversing the intermammary gap at the bottom of your sternum.
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May 10, 2024
Answer: Liposuction This is excess fat that can be liposucted under local anesthesia and would take about 10 minutes to correct.
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May 10, 2024
Answer: Liposuction This is excess fat that can be liposucted under local anesthesia and would take about 10 minutes to correct.
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