I had a tummy tuck about 8 weeks ago, and I've been having some difficulties with my diet, so I started binging for a while (though I have only gained about 4-5 lbs., which I think it is mostly water weight) to a point where my belly got really bloated and painful. Can binging loosen up my internal sutures or does it take more than that to mess them up? I asked my surgeon and he said he did two layers and it takes more than that to mess them up, but I wanted to get more opinions from other doctors.
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The area of excision will be determined by how much skin is to be removed. Your hip area is usually outside the excision area for a tummy tuck unless it is an extended tummy tuck.
Not to be defensive, but rather to be informative, here is the first thing I want to address.
Negligence in this instance is a legal term, and relates to malpractice. What it means is that the surgeon failed to do what a reasonable and prudent surgeon would have done under the same or...
Ashok Govila, FRCS, MCh, MS - Account Suspended says:
Thanks for the question. It’s hard to imagine how you looked like before and how you look like now and therefore any answer will be futile. I can however notice that after an extended Tummy tuck the expectation to complete for female body building contest is little bit over ambitious and is a r...
