I had a tummy tuck 4 months ago with lipo of the flanks and thighs. My first tummy tuck 17 years ago looked great. The second most recent tons of cellulite and protruding belly. Every day I look in the mirror I'm Angry an everyone who sees my tummy is grossed out. My surgeon said I would look better after the swelling from the lipo went down then laughed a few weeks later and said the cottage cheese appearance on my stomach is just what I is. Please advise !! It's much worse looking in person
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December 3, 2017
Answer: Can anything be done to smooth out my skin after a tummy tuck didn't work?
Where its purple and presumably cold to touch. Expect the area to progress slowly to a point where it stabilizes and demarcates. Your surgeon will have to debride the dead tissue and initiate wound care, usually with saline moistened gauze, washing out the wound in the shower, and continue w...
Liposuction or tummy tuck can make your body slimmer, but will not affect the appearance of your face. The fat of your face will not "know" that you had liposuction or a tummy tuck so it will not change. It will continue to behave as if you did not have any surgery. Hope this helps!Johnson C...
Great question and you will get plenty of different answers on this, as it really is surgeon dependent. I personally prefer Interrupted absorbable sutures in my patients that don’t require more than 4cm of diastasis repair of the muscle. In general surgery literature there is support for t...