Post Tummy Tuck: Are There Any Reasons I Would Be Having Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding?

Your photographs seem to show a good result, and at 9 weeks post-op you should be able to do a straight-leg lift of both legs that tightens your abdominal wall and shows you the degree of tightening your surgeon achieved for you. Careful surgery and minimal bleeding and scar tissue yield...

Your tummy tuck was in October, 2010, and by your own admission, "went great." Although generalized edema after any kind of surgical procedure can be seen (it's called "third-spacing"), 20-25 lbs is an extreme amount, and it is now 7 months post-op. Surgery-related causes...

All of the answers will tell you that each surgeon chooses suture material on the basis of habit, experience, training, or perhaps on the basis of the tissue characteristics and desired outcome. As plastic surgeons, we all are taught the differences in suture construction (braided or...

Your ultrasound shows a diastasis of the upper abdominal area.  Unless there is something unusual going on, you may benefit from tightening of this area if it is bothersome enough. Consult with your plastic surgeon again and discuss with him or her the results of the ultrasound and the...

Abdominoplasty scars can be quite complex, ranging from the simple hypertrophic scar to a multiplane inflamed keloid. Pigmentation, discoloration, chronic inflammation, scar visibility can all occur in the short term. We begin each treatment with combination therapy using Yellow broadband BBL,...

You will be most uncomfortable only for a few days but during that time you should try to move around as much as possible through the first week to minimize potential blood clot problems.  You will not be at full capacity at 4 days and therefore it would be best to have some help for...