I would like to know if anyone ever had abdominal skin reduction with and up and down incision using () from 1 side of the abdomen to the other side of the abdomen with the skin removed between them and the abdominal muscle repaired? I want to have the procedure done but I do not like the long scar across the lower abdomen.
September 1, 2015
Answer: Vertical tummy tuck incsions SEE VIDEO FOR SAMPLE TUMMY TUCK PATIENT BY CLICKING "MORE": Yes this has been done and is typically combined with a horizontal incision and carries the lovely eupehemistic title the "fleur-de-lis" abdominoplasty mieaning the french lily symbol skin pattern excision. Most of my patients are terrified of the vertical scar and will do anything to avoid it. Therefore I do not use it commonly. About the only time I use this approach is in a patient with a pre-existing vertical scar which most commonly is from a traditional open gastric bypass procedure.
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September 1, 2015
Answer: Vertical tummy tuck incsions SEE VIDEO FOR SAMPLE TUMMY TUCK PATIENT BY CLICKING "MORE": Yes this has been done and is typically combined with a horizontal incision and carries the lovely eupehemistic title the "fleur-de-lis" abdominoplasty mieaning the french lily symbol skin pattern excision. Most of my patients are terrified of the vertical scar and will do anything to avoid it. Therefore I do not use it commonly. About the only time I use this approach is in a patient with a pre-existing vertical scar which most commonly is from a traditional open gastric bypass procedure.
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Answer: Vertical Abdominoplasty Removal of abdominal skin using a midline incision is not unheard of at all. It had been proposed over 30 years ago. And it does make more sense from a blood supply/anatomic standpoint. It's a straight shot to repairing the muscles and the skin is easily removed. The only downside is recreating of an esthetically appealing belly button is difficult.
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Answer: Vertical Abdominoplasty Removal of abdominal skin using a midline incision is not unheard of at all. It had been proposed over 30 years ago. And it does make more sense from a blood supply/anatomic standpoint. It's a straight shot to repairing the muscles and the skin is easily removed. The only downside is recreating of an esthetically appealing belly button is difficult.
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