Considering abdominoplasty and radiation treatment for prostate cancer?

Thank you for your question.  Slight separation of wound edges may occur secondary to tension, swelling, diminished blood supply.  Reviewing your photos, it appears that you are healing well.  Continue with follow ups with your plastic surgeon. Keep the wound clean, use anti-biotic ointment. T...

Hello Tina,Great question. Thank you for your pictures. Congratulations on your procedure. Yes, based on your image, the yellow appearance is the discoloration of bruising. Keep following up with your surgeon. Good luck with your recovery.

Thank you for your question! For my patients having a tummy tuck, I recommend they take 3 weeks off of cardio at the gym, and 6 weeks off of weight training and yoga exercises. At 6 weeks post op, as long as incisions are completely closed and healed, it is ok to scuba dive, swim, and resume al...

Hello. Great question. I am sorry for your post op difficulties. It is not unusual for hyperpigmentation to occur, every patient's skin reacts differently. Please consult with your surgeon for resources to help you aid this.

As an author of Scars and Scar Revision in Reoperative Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, I am well versed in the potential treatment options.  Scarring is a produce of genetics. Some people are good scar formers, and others are poorer scar formers. No particular scar treatment is better tha...

Traditionally, diastasis recti repair has been with permanent sutures.  With a new generation of weight loss patients, have started to use absorable sutures for diastasis repair.  Also, Quill and other barbed sutures are used more frequently with diastasis repair.  Radiologic studies have sh...