Is It Normal for a Tummy Tuck Incision to Be Splitting Open?

March 8, 2010
Asked By:notworthit in evanston, wy

i had liposuction and a tummy tuck and the incision is splitting apart and getting more and more red. is this normal? my surgeon said it was but when i went to a doctor for a second opinion he said it wasn't but he couldn't do anything about it becuase he was not my surgeon. i don't know what to do or think.

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