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It may be possible to have a tummy tuck with your aortic aneurysm, but you need to see your vascular surgeon first to make sure elective surgery is safe.
Having an abdominal aneurysm is concerning. You would need to get medical clearance from a vascular surgeon who deals with them. He may want to fix the aneurysm first.
Thanks for your question. I treat patients after massive weight loss with tummy tucks very often but the added risk of an abdominal aneurysm is one that your general surgeon will need to assess to determine if you are a candidate for this procedure. It may very well not be a contraindication to this procedure but you will certainly need clearance that only an expert treating abdominal aneurysms can provide. Best of luck!
Abdominoplasty scars can be quite complex, ranging from the simple hypertrophic scar to a multiplane inflamed keloid. Pigmentation, discoloration, chronic inflammation, scar visibility can all occur in the short term. We begin each treatment with combination therapy using Yellow broadband BBL,...
Unfortunately health insurance, including Medicaid, does not cover cosmetic procedures and abdominoplasty, also called a tummy tuck, is considered a cosmetic procedure. The definition of cosmetic surgery varies, though from an insurance perspective, cosmetic surgery refers to any surgery with ...
It generally takes about a year to a year and a half for a scar to fully mature. Since your procedure was done several years ago, non-surgical modalities such as scar creams, lasers, microneedling, etc., may not work anymore. Re-cutting and re-suturing the scars might be your best bet f...
