I am having a full TT with muscle repair and lipo in April. My PS said that I shouldn't get any sun whatsoever on my entire stomach all summer long. I understand not tanning the incision itself but am confused as to why I can't tan my stomach above the incision.
March 26, 2015
Answer: Sun and Tummy Tuck Every plastic surgeon has different suggestions for postoperative care and you trusted you surgeon enough to let him operate on you should you should listen to his advice. In darker skin types there could possibly be hyper or irregular pigmentation in areas that were recently operated on but I haven't seen this in abdominoplasty. One thing to be careful about is the numbness. I did have one patient who fell asleep in the sun and got a bad sunburn of her lower abdomen due to that part being numb. Be careful.
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March 26, 2015
Answer: Sun and Tummy Tuck Every plastic surgeon has different suggestions for postoperative care and you trusted you surgeon enough to let him operate on you should you should listen to his advice. In darker skin types there could possibly be hyper or irregular pigmentation in areas that were recently operated on but I haven't seen this in abdominoplasty. One thing to be careful about is the numbness. I did have one patient who fell asleep in the sun and got a bad sunburn of her lower abdomen due to that part being numb. Be careful.
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March 26, 2015
Answer: The belly button incision can discolor, too. If you're having a full tummy tuck, then you will probably have a scar around your belly button as well as the one going across your lower abdomen. Both scars, while still fresh, can discolor with tanning. You'd have to cover the belly button while tanning your stomach, which would give a strange-looking tan. In addition, the recently manipulated and stretched skin may tan unevenly. And you've probably already been warned that tanning in general can cause skin cancer, age spots, and wrinkles.
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March 26, 2015
Answer: The belly button incision can discolor, too. If you're having a full tummy tuck, then you will probably have a scar around your belly button as well as the one going across your lower abdomen. Both scars, while still fresh, can discolor with tanning. You'd have to cover the belly button while tanning your stomach, which would give a strange-looking tan. In addition, the recently manipulated and stretched skin may tan unevenly. And you've probably already been warned that tanning in general can cause skin cancer, age spots, and wrinkles.
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