Tummy tuck scar 12 months post op. (photos)

The drain sites from a tummy tuck are the most difficult problem for the patients with respect to discomfort.  If you tape the drains down to the skin they will move less at the drain exit sites, causing you less pain.

Thank you for your pictures. If you have a point where this seroma is draining it really depends on how much of the seroma is left internally whether something else needs to be done. An examination by your plastic surgeon here in the states will lead you down the right path of treatment.

The fatty pooch that you refer to is normally a hysterectomy scar that tightly bound down to deeper tissue with fat and skin piling up above the scar tissue, leading to an overhang.  Obviously, a tummy tuck would remove this and other skin and soft tissue above it.  However, if this is...

It is unlikely that you would be able to hurt your muscle reconstruction by sucking in your stomach this far after a tummy tuck.

MAy have hematoma,seroma,infection. May have popped some sutures. All need an exam ASAP. Good Luck and update us please.

During a full tummy tuck, the skin and fatty tissue is lifted off of the abdominal wall and the rectus muscles are tightened with suture. The excess skin is removed. The belly button (umbilicus) is in the same position but is now surround by new skin. Tightening of the muscle is what fattens...