Female 41, 5’5 150 lbs. 25 BMI. Great skin tone. Was very active until surgery. Very little loose skin if any just muscle separation issues. Seemed to get that way after i aged not really after having my kids too much. I did have my appendix taken out 6 months after my Tummy Tuck. Gaul bladder removed 9 months after Tummy Tuck. Both robotic. I did not do anything to cause the separation. I have been down going from 1 surgery to the next. Could i have coughed right after and caused it?
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I agree with your surgeon. PDO sutures can take 9 months to dissolve fully. Give surgery a year for those sites. Masssging during that time may help. In terms of removal if needed, that's not an easy surgery and likely the benefits to not outweigh the risks.
Insurance companies consider a diastasis recti to be a cosmetic deformity. As such, I am not aware of a single insurance company that will cover repair.
Based on these two static images it appears you have a small ventral/umbilical hernia and diastasis recti. If you are looking for a tummy tuck you can have both fixed at the same time. Personally i don’t think surgeons should charge extra for the hernia repair because it is a very simple fix w...
