10 days post op TT. Had been healing well,no drainage. Today I noticed a foul smell from belly button. There is pus and drainage. My antibiotic had another refill,so I refilled and started this am. Outside of belly button is very red,foul smelling drainge and now having bad pain inside of naval area. Help! :(
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A tummy tuck will tighten the laxity that exists between the rectus/six pack muscles and will also tighten the skin of the abdomen. This will provide the environment to be able to obtain a six pack appearance. Obtaining this look also requires rectus muscle size increase thru vigorous "core"...
This is a common combined procedure. Whether or not any particular plastic surgeon will be covered for the hernia repair depends on the details of your Community Plan. Best to check with the insurance company.
There is no way to "undone" a Tummy Tuck besides putting on weight (50lbs or more) after Tummy Tuck or getting pregnant of twins again. The Tummy Tuck is done in combination with muscle repair, which is, in reality, the procedure which fixes the recti diastasis throught suturing or...
