Lost 120# had TT and BAM (love my results) but I feel like my upper excess skin and back boobs are more prominent now. Is it possible to have my excess skin from my back, arms, and right under my breast removed and is it possible for them to be done at the same time? I don't plan on losing more weight so I am not sure if I have enough skin to remove.
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It is difficult to say for sure without seeing a picture, but it sounds like the deformity you are describing is because of scarring underneath the skin. This results in tethering of the skin to the underlying fascia and a depressed (or indented) looking scar. This is very common after a c...
Hi @RMom, Thanks for the question and the pic! Congrats on your new tummy.
The use of an abdominal binder or compression garment is definitely a surgeon-to-surgeon dependent practice and each of us tend to have our own preference. I would recommend getting fitted at...
A 'dog ear' is fullness or bunching that can occur at the end of a surgical scar. The most common reason for the formation of a dog ear is an unequal length between both sides of a surgical excision, and it frequently occurs when a surgeon is trying to limit the overall length of the final sca...