Need some guidance on a very complicated issue but I will simplify because of space and am open to calls or emails for details afterwards. I had a surgery revision for a diastasis that I never had in the first place. The 2nd Dr tightened my fascia and also lipo' my planks which I never requested, causing some contour irregularities but he also tightened my fascia with 5-0 prolene sutures. The issue is that I have breathing issues and need them removed. Is it possible to revise or reverse?
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Hello,
And thank you for the question.
Based on your photos, you do not appear to have recuts diastasis which is a separation of abdominal wall muscle after pregnancy and childbirth.
You appear to have excess fat in you central and lower abdomen, and minimal skin excess.
Liposuction of...
If you need gallbladder surgery I would highly recommend you have that first. Once you are healed from that you can have a tummy tuck performed, the advantage to doing it this way is that if you develop any hernias or scars that need to be revised they can be fixed at the time of the tummy tuck...
Looking at the CT scan your core muscles appear to be well developed with minimal intraabdominal fat. On the two static images you provided you do not appear to have a large diastasis so it is possible that in terms of lateral flank contouring you would have modest improvement with diastasis...
