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Apr
Choosing the Right Compression Garments After a Tummy Tuck Compression garments are an integral part of the tummy tuck recovery process. At the completion of surgery an abdominal binder is placed on the waist area. The abdominal binder serves as the first and perhaps ...
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Apr
Celebrating a Second Consecutive RealSelf Top 100 Award Just wanted to share a bit of good news with everyone and…. toot my own horn. For the second year in a row I have been honored with RealSelf. com's top 100. The award is given to the sites top 100 plastic s...
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Apr
One of the biggest hurdles for patients considering getting a tummy tuck is the recovery. (The second is probably the incision. More about that in the next blog entry). Anyone who has considered getting a tummy tuck has considered what it may feel like during th...
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Apr
Understanding Upper Abdominal Bulging After a Tummy Tuck Dear Anonymous, There are a handful of possible sources of the “bulging” that you describe. A pseudobursa is one possible source. If a pseudobursa is present its removal will take care of the bulging...
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Apr
Whenever surgery is performed there is some form of scar tissue that is created. This may be as small as a few millimeters when liposuction is performed to as long as an incision that goes around the entire waist for a lower body lift. There are things that both the p...
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Apr
As powerful as the result of a tummy tuck can be poor planning, poor decisions, or just plain bad luck can end up in a less than stellar tummy tuck outcome. To understand how to prevent or correct unfavorable tummy tuck results, let's take a look at what tummy tuck issues can occ...
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Apr
One of main concerns of many who are considering a tummy tuck procedure is the scarring. The “hip-to-hip” incision that is common for the full tummy tuck procedure can be a daunting hurdle for some, but the quality of the incision as well as its location makes a...
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Apr
Understanding Pseudo-Bursa After a Tummy Tuck: Patient Question and Expert Response I recently had a question about signs and symptoms of a possible pseudo-bursa following a tummy tuck on my original tummy tuck blog. Below is the question that Lee has asked and my reply to ...
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Apr
I can imagine that this is a question that many women who have had children and many men or women who have lost weight ask themselves. With pregnancy and/or weight loss, the shape and contour of the abdomen and waist changes. Some of these changes can be improved thro...
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