Mark Markarian, MD, MSPH, FACS
Wellesley, MA
Tummy Tuck | Case Details
A very fit woman in her 60s is shown just 1 month after a short incision Tummy Tuck. The Tummy Tuck not only treated her excess skin but also fixed her significant abdominal wall diastasis (aka weakening of the abdomen wall muscles, the “six-pack” muscles), that had not improved despite rigorous exercises abdominal muscle strengthening. Oftentimes when the six-pack muscles separate, like after a pregnancy or age, the only treatment is a Tummy Tuck…
Umbilical Translocation: Yes
Abdominal Wall Plication: Above & Below Umbilicus
Concomitant hernia repair: Incisional
Months between operation and 'after' photos: 1