Reposting this because I named the wrong nerve in my previous post. I am 1 1/2 yrs out from abdominoplasty to repair upper hernia post pregnancy and was to have minor lipo to flanks only. However had poor outcome and was just confirmed by neurologist to have damage to femoral nerve. Not sure if damage is from overdone lipo at hip or abdominoplasty. How might this affect need for extensive repairs??
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The pleating that you are seeing is the result of two factors:
1) The upper incision is longer than the bottom incision. This is almost always the case with tummy tucks.
2) The upper incision was advanced toward the midline with reference to the bottom incision....