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When Can I Get a Tattoo After my Tummy Tuck Surgery? It Will Be on my Arm, Not on the Scar.

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ginamtinnermanFeb 21, 2012

I want to get a new tattoo. But I just had my surgery 2 weeks ago, so I'd like to know when I can get a new tattoo.

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Dr. Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD
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Dr. Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD, FACS
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Dr. Mahlon Kerr, MD, FACS
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Dr. Mahlon Kerr, MD, FACS
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Dr. C. Andrew Salzberg, MD
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Dr. Tom J. Pousti, MD
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Dr. Erez Sternberg, MD
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Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

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Hi Waitedenough, Thank for your question regarding post-operative itching after an abdominoplasty. This is not uncommon. Your itching may be due to several things. Before you read my suggestions, you should contact your plastic surgery to notify them of your itching.  Your plastic surgeon may ...

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Even if you had some old blood, you do not have an actively-enlarging hematoma. This is either old blood and serum, or seroma, both of which require the same treatment--aspiration one or more times, compression, and if not resolved in this fashion, replacement of drain, sclerodesis, and (rarely)...

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