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Stan M. Valnicek, MD
Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Large, hard, red lumps appearing in upper abdomen 2 years post-op

I had a tummy tuck done two years ago with a few complications including a bad infection requiring a scar revision surgery. 10 days after my revision surgery I also accidentally lifted something too heavy too early and busted my belly button open leaving me with a bad scar on my belly button. In the recent months, a large hard lump appeared in my upper abdomen and since I started working out a lot over the past month, it started becoming red and sorer.

Then in the last week, it's the worst it's ever been for redness and soreness and a second lump has appeared below the original one closer to my belly button which is strange because I haven't worked out in a week because of all this coronavirus mayhem. Has anyone experienced lumps like this a couple of years post-op and how did you deal with it? Did you get them cut out successfully? If so, did they come back?

Photo update!

Here’s a few photos of my tummy tuck over the past 3-4 months since my surgery in January. My belly button is still healing, but I asolutely loving my results! Best decision I ever made!!

After working so hard to lose 70 lbs I wanted to...

After working so hard to lose 70 lbs I wanted to feel comfortable in a bikini so badly. My tummy tuck journey so far has been pretty rough ever since the complications developed over the last few days, but I'm confident I will heal up in the coming weeks or months and may have to get a scar revision, but it's all part of the game with plastic surgery. Never expect you won't have complications and try to prepare yourself mentally and physically before your surgery! I am still young, don't smoke, don't have diabetes, and I eat very healthy and workout 3-4 times a week, but it still happened to me. I've definitely been emotional over the past 2 weeks, but trying to stay positive!

I am about 2 weeks post-op and my incision started to open and now I have a big hole in my abdomen. My surgeon thinks it may have been the crazy glue dressing over the incision that caused it to open. It may have been on too long and bottled things up. It's very hard not to freak out at this point because my stomach looks like a graveyard, but I've seen other women's wounds heal and it just takes time. I know I'm going to love the end result. My surgeon did an AMAZING job and he completely changed the shape of my body! I've always had a small waist and upper half and a bigger lower half with "thunder thighs" and a big booty, but now it looks better after the TT. I'm still very swollen, but you can see the shape difference pretty well! The left photo is the night before the surgery with the "apron" or "over hang" and the photo on the right is 2 days after when I took off my binder for the first time.

If any of you experienced an incision opening and have some insight or photos of your wound after it healed, I'd love to hear or see it! Trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel!!

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Certified Plastic Surgeon
3320 Richter St., Kelowna, British Columbia
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Stan was great the whole way through. He made me feel really comfortable and he is a very talented surgeon! It never dawned on me that a tummy tuck procedure could actually change my shape and make my legs look better as well. My friends and family couldn't believe their eyes! I can't wait to see the final results after my complications heal up.