Why do I still look pregnant 8 months after Tummy Tuck? (photo)

Swelling in the tissues should for the most part be resolved at 8 months.  Causes for this may involve a seroma under the skin which is fluid accumulating in the dissection plane.  You need to be evaluated by your plastic sugeon to determine this.  Another reason may be dehiscence of the abdominal wall plication.  This may be harder to determine.  Keep close contact with your plastic surgeon to help resolve this issue.  Best wishes!

Thank you for your picture. It would be helpful if we had a before  picture. Your contour abnormality is most likely due to failure of your hernia repair and muscle tightening. I would revisit with your general surgeon and/or plastic surgeon as to your options at this point.Good luck.Earl Stephenson Jr MD D.D.S. FA CS

cannot really be commented on unless your pre-op photos are present to compare with as there is a very wide range of starting points.  If you had 3 rolls and pinched 5 cm thick on your skin, I would think you have a great result.  What did your tummy look like when you were flat on your back before your surgery?  That is a great predictor of what your post-op result will be like.  And when you took your before photos, where you holding your tummy in?  Or relaxed and letting it hang out like it appears you are doing in your post- op photo?  Finally, since you had a hernia, your hernia repair may have failed which would affect your tummy tuck results.

Hard to be specific, But a scan might gives an idea if there is residual fluids/blood under the skin/fat flap/// 

I agree with you, that that the appearance of your abdomen after your tummy tuck is not ideal. It is difficult to give you an answer why. Preoperative photographs would give us a better idea of improvement that was made, or areas where no improvement was made. It is also unusual that you would need a mesh repair.I would suggest revisiting this issue with your plastic surgery, or if you are unhappy with him, finding a new plastic surgeon in the area to discuss this with.Good luck

Thanks for posting a photo.  I agree that it still looks like a bulge, which normally is improved by tummy tuck.  However, sometimes patients have so much laxity that they can have a big improvement but still have a bulge.  There must have been something about your procedure that was unusual to require the use of a mesh, which is unusual with a standard tummy tuck.To judge the results from your tummy tuck, be sure to compare to your pre-operative photos.  And, of course, you need to discuss this with your surgeon, who will know a lot more about your case, and be able to help you manage it.Good luck!

You have a great deal of visceral fat, which fat that causes diabetes, hypertension, and other metabolic complications. The fat is on your internal organs. Weight loss through diet and exercise is the only solution to this problem.

If you have a muscle repair and your tummy was flat after your surgery and the bulging of your tummy is new your muscle repair may have failed.  Please consult your plastic surgeon for an examination and diagnosis.If your tummy was bulging before your tummy tuck and immediately after  the most likely cause is intra-abdominal fat that is fat wrapped around your intestines which can only be improved with weight loss.