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It appears that you have some degree of superficial necrosis of the umbilicus. This is not unusual and will heal. You might ask your plastic surgeon if a topical antibiotic cream such as Silvadene may be helpful in your case.
This is a poor quality picture. From what I see, you have a small wound that warrants wound care. I recommend you have this checked out by your surgeon. Meanwhile keep the area clean and use topical antibiotic twice daily until you see him. Good luck.
Unfortunately, fluid collections can be common after tummy tuck. The food is just healing fluid that Dave's and helps of the tissues heal. This food is very inefficiently resort by the body. There are various times with this flu flu it cannot be completely absorbed in the body forms a rhine...
In 19 years of practice, I have never had a patient who required a blood transfusion following a tummy tuck. This is highly uncommon .
Everything you describe sounds totally normal. The dimple is from a suture that will probabl dissolve. It an take a few weeks before you can completely straighten up. Keep following your surgeon's instructions.
As you may be aware compression garments help manage swelling and provide comfort and support after surgery. While they will not affect your final outcome, many patients find them useful. There is no perfect garment. Designs Veronique makes nice garments but any comfortable garment...
This completely depends on several factors. It depends on your abdomen, your insurance company and the quality of the letter sent by your board-certified plastic surgeon. If you have significant amount of excess skin and fat of the abdomen, the panniculectomy, abdominoplasty or tummy...
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