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are common after tummy tucks and once you are healed (usually 6 months post op), you can have a revision where the scar is removed and the belly button stretched out more to remove the excesses so you can see the bottom of the belly button. Hopefully scarring will be better but you can talk to your surgeon about options for minimizing scarring after your revision.
10 Weeks is too early to judge the final look of your belly button. Sometimes massaging ans silicone sheet / get can make it softer and lighter.
Thank you for your questions and photos.You are still in your early post operative period.It takes up to a full year for scars to mature and fade/soften.That said, if your scars are thickening and becoming raised your board certified plastic surgeon who performed your surgery can help with injections of steroids /5FU into scar tissue to help soften and flatten scars.If the scars are still unacceptable, your board certified plastic surgeon who performed your surgery may elect to revise your scars.Make a follow up appointment to discuss your concerns.Best of luck to you!
Thank you for your your question. Typically you do loose inches at the waist after tummy tuck especially when liposuction is done during the procedure. Patients do usually wish to buy new pants after abdominoplasty and liposuction. We typically tell our patients to wait until 3 months post...
Thank you for this interesting question. During pregnancy the right side and the left side of the abdominal muscles must separate to accommodate the growing fetus. The muscles of the left and right side never cross the vertical midline and this is what allows a woman’s abdomen to exp...
It has been shown that abdominoplasties can improve overall core strength and thus relieve lower back pain. This is especially true if you have rectus muscle diastasis, or separation of rectus muscles. When that happens, you have a decrease in core strength, and that contributes to some lower b...
