3 weeks post op Tummy Tuck, draining yellow discharge from belly button. Could this be an infection? (photos)

MGUS probably wouldn't interfere with a tummy tuck procedure.  However, I would have your primary medical doctor provide a clearance note prior to surgery.

Thank you for your question.  In general, I advise my patients to lose as much of their excess weight as possible before surgery.  While you may look OK losing weight after your tummy tuck, it is possible that you will have a looser final result than if you lose the weight first....

Most c-section scars are nice line scars hidden low. Although the scars look fine on the surface, the deep layers are disrupted and a little pouch of skin and fat develops. A tummy tuck is performed by a plastic surgeon with 6 or more years of surgical training. The complexity and procedure...

Depending upon if you are a candidate for these three procedures, you could either do one at a time, two at a time, or all three.  Doing them all at once will probably save you time and money, but obviously would be a bigger surgery.  If you decided to split them up, it would probably...

The flank area usually refers to the sides of abdomen, but not the back.  In order to properly perform liposuction along the lower back, the patient needs to be flipped over during surgery (tummy tucks and flank liposuction are typically done with the patient lying on their back the whole...

Far more important than deciding if TT is for you is the skill and experience of your plastic surgeon. Choose your surgeon rather than the technique and let him explain why one technique may be better than another and if you need a tummy tuck. Many board certified plastic surgeons provide a ...