Okay I have had 5 children who I love more than life however my tummy is overlapping. I dont have money up front like that. does anyone let you do payment plan until you pay it off. I'm willing how ever long it take to make payments. It's very emotional to look in the mirror and be very sad also not were the clothes i would like because of my stomach. any advice. Thank you
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Thank you for the question.
In my experience, it would be unusual for a patient who has had 4 pregnancies not to benefit from muscle plicaton at the time of tummy tuck surgery. Not having the plication will shorten surgical time (and probably recovery time) and reduce the cost of surgery. In...
I have had occasion to observe a similar elevation of liver enzymes in 2 patients who underwent cosmetic surgery who ultimately underwent extensive testing including liver biopsies and were similarly diagnosed with an adverse antibiotic reaction. So I beleive it does happen but is generally rare.
There are two things that we as plastic surgeons can do to make you feel "tight". The first as you mentioned is tightening of the abdominal wall. This is often the part of the surgery that hurts. I think it takes 6-8 weeks for patients to start feeling normal. Most experience tightness...