I am having protrusion of my stomach that goes from the breast crease to the bottom of the belly button, (I protrude the most about 3-4 inches below the breast crease and it gets smaller as you go down my body) it's not a lot but if I were to flip it upside down it would look like I was 4 months pregnant. Could this be because the muscles weren't tightened? I can suck it in and it's very firm. I had my surgery the 21st of June and have had only minor incision complications.
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You should truly be evaluated by a surgeon. This is highly uncommon after tummy tuck. I have seen this once when one of my patients gained a significant amount of weight straining the muscle diastasis repair. If weight gain is not your problem, you may want to consider an evaluation to make...
