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Apr
Understanding Lower Abdominal Bulging After Tummy Tuck Surgery Cassandra has left a new comment on your post “Endoscopic Abdominoplasty”: I am 5 months post full tummy tuck and although my upper abdomen is still intact, my lower abdominal muscles seem to have have wa...
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Apr
Understanding Ventral Hernias and Pseudo-Bursa After Abdominal Surgery Abdominal surgery is exceedingly common. General surgery, urology, gynecology, spine surgery, and bariatric surgery all have surgical procedures that require abdominal surgery. Because of this as w...
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Apr
Understanding Why Your Stomach Isn't Flat After a Tummy Tuck Question: Hi Dr. Repta I’m 8mo post and my stomach stills looks the same as before without the stretch marks. My ps is telling me that this is the flattest my stomach is going to get so he won’t do a r...
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Apr
Undergoing a tummy tuck can be a daunting decision to make. There is both a financial investment as well as a time investment in the recovery process. Above all else, however, there is concern of the unknown. Many of my own Scottsdale patients wonder: How much discomfort wil...
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Apr
Understanding Pseudobursa After Tummy Tuck: Insights from Dr. Repta Q:I had a full tummy tuck 2 years ago with 1 seroma drained twice. A year ago my tummy started feeling really tight beneath my bb, it feels tight and pulls and feels very uncomfortable . I had a scan and a 33&tim...
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Apr
How Belly Button Revision and Reconstruction Can Restore Natural Appearance Anonymous said… -Belly button is closed after abdominoplasty– Dear Anonymous, There are several belly button revision and reconstruction options available to you following a...
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Apr
Essential Questions to Ask Before Choosing Your Tummy Tuck Surgeon Tummy tuck surgery can be scary, daunting and exciting all at the same time. Along the way I have asked myself what questions would I ask a plastic surgeon if I were a tummy tuck patient in Scottsdale. ...
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Apr
Addressing Complications and Scarring After a DIEP Flap Procedure Anonymous said… I had breast cancer and had a diep to build the breast and tummy tuck my stomach right after just would not stay closed only in the middle I wore wound vac for months and then had a skin graf...
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Apr
Why Umbilical Hernias Often Lead to Outie Belly Buttons Although a belly button (umbilicus) is nothing more than a remnant of what we once needed and no longer need its still an important part of human beauty. A belly button can non-verbally communicate regarding both healt...
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Apr
Understanding Post-Tummy Tuck Concerns Dear SM East Bay, From what you have described, it does not sound like you have a pseudo-bursa. The roundness of abdominal shape may be caused by loose abdominal wall or excess fat or a combination of the two. Fat can also ...
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Apr
Understanding Panniculectomy A panniculectomy is a procedure designed to remove excess skin and fat from the abdomen that hangs below the waist. The procedure is often performed on patients that have lost weight and as a result have been left with loose abdominal skin and s...
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Apr
Understanding Post-C-Section Options for Abdominal Tightening Dear Ros Red, Although a tummy tuck or muscle repair performed at the same time as a C-section would save time it is not ideal. In order to perform proper abdominal wall tightening the entire abdominal wall...
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