Tummy Tuck: Prices, Photos, Reviews, Info, Q&A

Abdominoplasty revision

Tummy tuck revision is carried out in order to correct the results of the previous ones, at times, failed surgeries – for example, if you need to fix the seam from the previously made ​​tummy tuck, or if there has been displacement of the navel. This is in case then tummy tuck was done poorly.

But it also happens that the surgery is done qualitatively, but you still have to do abdominoplasty revision. This occurs when the first tummy tuck is made early. For example, the patient had not yet lost the right amount of pounds and inches – but persuaded the surgeon in necessity of tummy tuck. Experienced surgeon always first offer you to lose weight to a desired, a comfortable weight, and only then do the surgery, because revision of tummy tuck is no less traumatic.

Revision tummy tuck

And sometimes the likelihood of a tummy tuck revision can be predicted even before the first surgery. This can happen if the patient has a big belly, a lot of body fat and a narrow pelvis. Then, when it is impossible to delete a large number of tissues and leave a small seam, abdominoplasty deliberately carried out in two stages. All this is done to achieve the best aesthetic result. In this case, a second surgery is performed under local anesthesia already 2-3 months after the first.

So what is a tummy tuck revision? This is the same surgery, only the degree of surgical intervention can vary significantly. Moreover, in both directions.

After tummy tuck revision

Example 1

After an unsuccessful tummy tuck, belly button goes down and began to look unnatural. Then it is necessary to make a cut along the belly button and move it. In the pubic area a horizontal seam may not be .

Example 2

The woman made the correction, and then once again gained weight and lost weight again. The skin was stretched, and folds hang down again. By explicitly excess of tissue, you can not live without excision of the skin. But, due to the fact that for the first time the surplus were significantly reduced, you can now use a variant of the mini tummy tuck, ie incision will be just under the bikini line.

Belly button tummy tuck revision

We should also consider options for tightening of the muscular system. Nulliparous women, as a rule, doctors rarely recommend doing tummy tuck. Some people mistakenly believe that it can be used as a substitute or as method of losing weight.

If, however, surgery is occurred, and then the woman gave birth to a child – is admissible, that the muscles of the abdominal wall again stretched. It is not related to the previous surgery, and is determined by physiology. Regardless of the first plasty, you can strengthen your muscles without resorting to extensive surgery, by limiting endoscopic procedure. Then in couple of weeks, you can return to normal life.

Tummy tuck revision, as the first surgery, requires compliance of standards in the postoperative period. Given that the stress of the unknown is not presses on the patient, you should not ignore the limitations in physical activity and nutrition.

Abdominoplasty revision may be necessary because of the failure of the first surgery, or in the case of the loss of effect. During surgery eliminated deformation of the anterior abdominal wall. Reoperation requires special skill of the surgeon.

Tummy tuck surgery revision

Revision (or reconstructive) abdominoplasty aims usually to eliminate postoperative deformities of the anterior abdominal wall.

Medical reasons for tummy tuck revision:

• a considerable time has passed since the first surgery, and is lost previously achieved effect (relapse of gravitational ptosis of the anterior abdominal wall);
• primary surgery was performed deliberately inefficient;
• after primary surgery had complications requiring surgical correction (partial necrosis of the flap, rough scarring);
• primary surgery was performed with gross violations of the technology that led to the deformation of the anterior abdominal wall.

Scar after tummy tuck revision

Tummy tuck revision is even more complex surgery than the original tummy tuck, because it requires an integrated approach. The task of revision of abdominoplasty is not only the elimination of the existing deformation, but also reduction in the length of primary scarring, as well as their movement in a more discreet position.

A special role during the tummy tuck revision plays skill and experience of the plastic surgeon.

Choose a surgeon in the United States is difficult, because there is a lot of plastic clinics. The opinion on the qualifications of the doctor easier to make after a personal consultation.

No less informative the photographs of patients taken before and after tummy tuck revision.

Stretch marks before tummy tuck revision

Tummy tuck revision may be necessary in those cases, if the first surgery was done poorly, you need to fix a pronounced seam or there was a shift of navel. So it may be necessary, if the patient lost weight after surgery. This may be the case when the first surgery was done too early.

Most often, an experienced plastic surgeon does not allow it and would recommend wait a little with surgery until it is cleared all the excess weight and volume. It is always important to listen to the opinion of the physician, and not to hurry, because revision is not less traumatic than the first, and will require an additional recovery period.

It is also possible conduct an revision of tummy tuck after pregnancy. Surgery allows you to remove stretch marks and wrinkles formed after birth. In this case, after the delivery must have undergone at less than 6 months.

If you are breastfeeding, then you need wait 6 months after the cessation of lactation. In any case, if necessary, the skin and muscles can be tightened again – abdominoplasty revision is not contraindicated.