Question:
would anyone send me pix of their anchor incisions post TT?

I am seeing a PS next week and really want to know what I am talking about. I am very curious to see what kind of scarring people have post TT both anchor and not but I am leaning toward the anchor. THANK YOU!!!!    — Carol S. (posted on September 17, 2003)

September 17, 2003
Your PS will likely be the one to decide if an anchor incision is right or not. While that is one option my surgeon feels he may need to do something unconventional because of some of the particular things I have going on. He actually feels most comfortable doing from below breasts to groin area in 2 surgeries. He said it would be very extensive to do in one and he is afraid of losing too much blood supply and ending up with some dead skin - no thank you! He's not saying he absolutely won't do one but is not leaning towards it. He said if it is done as one I would have to be in the hospital for a few days etc. While an anchor incision is logical for most, I have two unusual outpouchings of stretched out skin, right below my breasts, and then I have quite tight muscle/banding below that at the waist area. This will make it difficult to pull the skin down like is normally done. It also would be difficult to get rid of all the stretched outpouchings through just the vertical portion. He feels for me that to do basically from the belly button down and do either an abdominoplasty or belt lipectomy will give the best results. This would be a horizontal incision. Then probably 2 months later, after the blood supply is rejuveniated, he would do the part above the belly button and do another horizontal incision so as to remove that skin the best and tighten everything up and contour the back and waist. <p>So, while you have your desires please do listen to the PS and allow him or her to do what is best for your particular situation. My surgeon said in all the abdominal work he has done he hasn't seen anything quite like I have, and therefore it will take some creativity to have things turn out the best. Good Luck!
   — zoedogcbr

September 17, 2003
I had the hip to hip incision and it's almost completely disappeared after 13 months. The anchor incision should only be used for people who have HUGE stomachs. A lot of old PS's still use this on people who were formerly overweight and they don't need to. Always get 2 or 3 PS opinions from doctors of different ages/backgrounds. I'm glad I went to a younger PS. He did a great job on the tt. The older PS wanted to give me the anchor cut and I said NO WAY. I'm glad I didn't do that. I would have had a completely unnecessary scar running down the middle of my chest to my groin.
   — Patty H.