I will undergo Diastasis Recti and umbical Hernia repair with Da Vinci robot. It is a ppst pregnancy procedure and is covered by my health insurance. I was also planning exchanging my breast implants for smaller ones which I will have to pay myself and do at a different surgeon as the one who will correct my DR is not a plastic surgeon. How can I do it best with timing so that I fo not have 2 times the recovery time? Can I do the other operation few days later? And which one first?
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While there could just be cosmetic reasons for the bulge, it would be best to have a CAT scan done first to make sure that you don’t have a hernia from the previous surgeries. If there is a hernia, this needs to be fixed first before you do any cosmetic work. If it’s truly just uneven fat and...
Abdominal bulge can appear due to many different reassons. Among them, hernia or diastasis recti are the "abdominal wall related" ones, but any enlargement of internal viscera may be seen as an abdominal protrusion.An specialist consultation will give light to this situation.
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Hi, sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems following your previous surgery. The muscle and skin repair should stretch a little and become more comfortable over time. Scars take 12-18 months to fully mature, and I would recommend a regular regime of massage and moisturisation to...
