I Had a Tummy Tuck 6 Months Ago and my Skin Has Not Attached to the Muscle is This Normal?

You certainly presented complicated postoperative picture. I don't know about short legs and so forth but I do know that an umbilicus slightly off center after abdominoplasty can be corrected.

I agree that your surgeon is giving you good advice. One or two drinks will have no effect on the seroma.

I don't see how massage be problematic in your situation but this is a question only for the operating surgeon. You need to follow his advice.

The photograph demonstrates wound healing problems with an umbilical stalk. These need to heal completely before a conclusion can be made about the ultimate appearance of the umbilicus.

We all have varying opinions on this topic.  I like to change the tape weekly for three weeks.  Some doctors leave it on for only one week, some have patients change it weekly for several months.  I recommend you do what your surgeon recommends.  Most patients are able to easily remove it - ma...

Insurance companies typically cover hernia repairs (umbilical, inguinal, ventral) but will not cover diastasis recti as that condition is not a true hernia.   In office we commonly repair small umbilical hernias at the same time as an abdominoplasty but any larger hernia requiring...