I had hernia repair and tummy tuck one year ago. Still have muscle separation/ Diastasis recti in upper belly, which still bulges out above lower. My PS confirmed this. Is offering to re-do plication in upper belly with another, smaller incision above belly button. Can this still be done successfully without re doing entire tummy tuck surgery?
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The main difference between tummy tuck with BBL and liposuction with BBL is whether you need the excess abdominal skin removed. An Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) removes both fat and the excess skin while liposuction only removes the redundant fat. If you have bothersome excess skin in...
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Congratulations. The fact that you still cannot stand fully straight at 12 days is pretty close to the norm and it means that your surgeon did a good job. It will get better over the next 7-10 days. Don't push the stretching. Too much pain measns you may be doing damage. And there are no...
