Six Weeks After Tummy Tuck, Still Can't Stand Upright

Thank you for your question regarding whether you can perform a tummy tuck and a gallbladder removal surgery simultaneously. Plastic surgeons get this question all the time. The consensus is no; you should not combine a gallbladder removal surgery with a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty. Combining...

Yes, it is possible but highly unlikely. Sounds like a split diastasis causing the issue.  Do one than seek opinions. From Miami Dr. B

Diastasis recti is a separation of the recti abdominus muscles and is a normal, expected consequence of normal pregnancy. There is usually no functional disability unless a true hernia has also occurred or there is extreme diastasis.

The hunched over walking like Groucho Marx or "flipped L" depends on the patient's anxiety level and the Tummy Tuck's surgical technique. Having performed hundreds of Tummy Tuck procedures and constantly changing and refining my technique over the years taught me that If...

The pannius is the hanging skin/fat component of the lower abdomen. Thus a panniculectomy is the removal of that component. A Full or extended tummy tuck is the panniculectomy + correction of the diastasis recti separation, and a flattening of the complete abdominal profile. It is a MUCH larger...

As I understand your question, you had a tummy Tuck a month ago and on the morning of an elective breast surgery yesterday, your pre-surgical urine test came back saying you were pregnant. The question of completing your pregnancy or not is an ethical one more than a medical one. I would...