Hello, all! I received a tummy tuck in Washington state after losing a good amount of weight. My PS said he was going to use my belly button, and the plan was to just shorten the belly button stalk. I had no issue with this, as I had seen many belly buttons he had perfected before, and they ALL look great! Mine was extremely swollen at first, and he told me to put a marble in it to push the fluid out. He refuses to accept that mine isn't right. Do I need a revision? Please, please help me.
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Answer: Recommend starting off with kenalog injections to help reduce inflammation and flatten the scar
There are a few things going on here.
Having a tight flat abdominal wall basically makes a beeline from your sternum to be your pubic bone. and most people this is a vertical line.
And people who are barrel chested or who is sternum sits significantly in front of their pubic bone the muscle...
I encourage you to return to your surgeon for an evaluation. The contour that concerns you could be from several factors. If it is muscle repair failure then a revision is needed to correct it. If it is seroma it will improve when drained. If it is from visceral/internal fat then weight loss...
It would be helpful to see you before and after pictures when assessing the outcome of a surgical procedure. It’s also helpful if the surgeon knows what you’re trying to achieve or what you don’t like about the outcome.
Both the breast and tummy tuck look like they were done by a compe...
