I have always been curious but I saw somewhere that someone compared a mark that I have after a tummy tuck to a burn. My plastic surgeon told me that I caused this mark because I leaned over too long in my faja. Is this a burn or did my faja cause this? The first three pictures are right after surgery and the last one is two years after
Answer: MARK AFTER 2 YEARS OF TUMMY TUCK Good morning. If after 2 years that brand persists, it is very likely that it is a chronic post -inflammatory hyperpigmentation caused by the prolonged pressure or friction of the girdle. This is not a thermal burn, but a reaction from the skin to repeated or constant trauma, as your surgeon explained. Although this type of brand can be attenuated over time, after two years it is possible that it is already a permanent or very slow stain of disappearing without treatment.
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Answer: MARK AFTER 2 YEARS OF TUMMY TUCK Good morning. If after 2 years that brand persists, it is very likely that it is a chronic post -inflammatory hyperpigmentation caused by the prolonged pressure or friction of the girdle. This is not a thermal burn, but a reaction from the skin to repeated or constant trauma, as your surgeon explained. Although this type of brand can be attenuated over time, after two years it is possible that it is already a permanent or very slow stain of disappearing without treatment.
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July 23, 2025
Answer: Burn vs Faja Thank you for your inquiry and photos. Although it is not possible to say definitively, your appearance shortly after the procedure certainly is compatible w a burn eschar as I have seen and treated in the past as a result of medical tourism by the patient.
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July 23, 2025
Answer: Burn vs Faja Thank you for your inquiry and photos. Although it is not possible to say definitively, your appearance shortly after the procedure certainly is compatible w a burn eschar as I have seen and treated in the past as a result of medical tourism by the patient.
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