Experience with Tummy-Tuck anyone?

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My only experience is with breast reduction surgery, all in all a wonderful improvement on my quality of life... but not without it's issues afterward. I would ask you, how do you scar? That can impact the success (athletically speaking) of the surgery. If you scar badly and are prone to adhesion (as I do) I could see where it might be rough.

I can't speak for LW, but my scars are invisible. Even when I look for them they're really tough to find. A large part of that is my surgeon's work, though. One of the things he's known for is his skill in minimizing scars. The same cannot be said for my c-section scar. That thing is ugly.

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I can't speak for LW, but my scars are invisible. Even when I look for them they're really tough to find. A large part of that is my surgeon's work, though. One of the things he's known for is his skill in minimizing scars. The same cannot be said for my c-section scar. That thing is ugly.

Mine are bad because they are hypertrophic. My surgeon knew but never in her wildest dreams did she expect see the scarring I was left with. I'd do it again in a heartbeat though, because breathing and lack neck pain are more important.

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Good to see you, Limewave.
I would interview as many surgeons as you can and speak to references. While I know several people who have had gastric by-pass type stuff, none of them had plastic surgery afterwards. There must be an athletic person somewhere who has had this done!

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I know a few that have had gastric bypass stuff as well. And, most of them seem to be malnourished . . . Thankfully I don't have that issue! I am concerned about having my abdominal muscles sewn together, but my doctor (not the surgeon) said that it should actually make my core stronger. I just kept picturing myself trying to do a sit-up and the stitches all popping down the middle!

I have been overweight my entire life, starting at age 4. And then I lost weight and have a saggy body. I don't know anything else. But from those I've talked to, no one has had any regrets . . .

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If you have diastasis recti, I can see where surgically reducing the fascia between the halves of the rectus muscle would make it easier for them to do their job?

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English?

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Oh wow! Yes, I have that crazy diastis recti thingy! No wonder I can't do ab stuff! Doing some reading on it now. Having that stitched together could actually really help with low back pain maybe?
http://inspiredrd.com/2012/06/dear-d...-over-you.html

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Lime, when you start doing consults, I highly encourage you to have an appt. with Dennis Hammond in GR. He's the guy who did my reduction. Amazing work. Almost a decade later and I am still so pleased with the results.

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Mine are bad because they are hypertrophic. My surgeon knew but never in her wildest dreams did she expect see the scarring I was left with. I'd do it again in a heartbeat though, because breathing and lack neck pain are more important.

Yeah, even if I had noticeable scars I'd have done it. No way would I have ever been able to run and bike with the 34DDDs I was hauling around, especially with my tiny shoulders.