How Do I Know if I Tore Internal Sutures in my Lower Side Abdominal Wall?

The term "six-pack abs" refers to the visibility of the abdominal muscles through the abdominal skin in patients with fairly low body fat percentage.  There are separations in the abdominal muscles called tendinous inscriptions which horizontally separate the sections of the...

What you are describing is quite common after a tummy tuck, in the early stages of recovery.  Fortunately, it goes away with time, usually within the next month. I usually recommend lymphatic drainage massage (since this is a lymphatic-related issue) or synergie.  There are some...

This is probably the first time I have heard this and I would need to know more aobut your surgery and the method of muscle or diastasis repair. Occasionally incidental hernias are fixed with mesh and you may be experiencing clicking or popping of mesh or permanent sutures.

As suggested below, Emory university has a great plastic surgery residency training program. Consider contacting the plastic surgery department there and inquiring into plastic surgery in their resident's clinic.

This appears to be in the central portion of the incision where the circulation is most compromised by the surgery. It sounds as if your surgeon is monitoring the situation and I would remain in close contact. Dried blood can be cleansed with peroxide but I would ask first.

Floating abdominoplasty uses a small incision in the lower abdomen to allow for the tummy to be tightened and shaped. No incision around the belly button is needed. Through the incision, excess skin is removed and muscles can be tightened. The belly button is temporarily detached during the...