Why anchor cut?

southernlady
on 12/15/09 12:05 pm - LA

I've read several posts about the "anchor" tt incision and am just curious what the indication for it is. My surgeon is planning to cut from hip to hip and cut away my c-section incisions (I have two separate scars).
My tummy above the bellybutton is by no means firm, but it doesn't protrude/sag. My biggest problem is the deflated tire that sits below my bellybutton! Assuming, but not certain, that the horizontal incision would be the best for me. Any comments?
Thanks!
G

Jody ***
on 12/15/09 9:10 pm - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

The anchor TT makes a vertical cuts above the belly button to take care of your "muffin top". If you don't have one and the area below the belly button is your biggest concern, then you don't need the anchor cut.

I didn't really want the anchor cut, but my surgeon showed me that if I didn't get it how much I'd still have for a muffin top. I didn't really want the scar, but I don't want the muffin either (any of it) - so I have decided I can live with the scar....

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Laura in Texas
on 12/15/09 10:39 pm, edited 12/15/09 10:44 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

I've got tons of loose skin side-to-side (and have vertical lines on my tummy where my skin just drapes), so I will definitely need the anchor cut when the time comes. Even a bariatric coordinator said she has never seen loose skin like mine. I don't care about scars. After surgery I don't want any loose skin hanging around!!

Laura

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Jody ***
on 12/15/09 10:55 pm - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Standing up mine doesn't look all that bad - except the "frowny" belly button (skin hanging on each side making a frowny face).. but when I sit down - UGH!! I know they can do something for me without the anchor, but from what I've heard here and from others, I may not be happy with the results (Dr told me that too). He said that people insist they don't want it, then come back for a revision later to take care of the muffin...

I'm not sure he can do the MT either without the anchor....

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M B.
on 12/16/09 1:28 am - Warrensburg, MO

RNY on 01/09/07

Similar to what Laura said - when I would bend my torso over - leaning - the skin in my upper stomach would hang in two large "drapes". I had the anchor cut and it totally removed all loose skin and fat in that area.

Marilyn
Weight at Consult - 247 / Goal weight - 145
Current weight 158
BMI - 24
Height 5'8"
Anchor cut tummy tuck on 11/12/09

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on 12/16/09 1:42 am - West Central FL☼RIDA , FL

If you have any laxity above the belly button or excess skin draping on your sides, the Anchor Cut is the best way to take care of it. I had both of those so I decided to do the Anchor Cut and am very glad I did. I have a VERY tight midriff all around and a real nice hour glass shape. I don't plan on wearing a bikini in public so I'm not worried about the scar (sure I'd rather not have it but I decided It was less important to me than being completely firm)...and in a year the scar will hardly be noticeable anyway.

Best wishes!!

# 1 MACK_MAMA
on 12/16/09 4:05 am

....what everybody else said - LOL! I did the anchor because I'm too chicken to do a LBL and that was the only way to address the part above the belly button

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wendy_fou
on 12/16/09 9:44 am - AR

RNY on 08/20/07

It depends on all your extra skin is, etc as to what type of incision a surgeon will recommend. Most ALL PS can be done several different ways depending your body type, build, what you want, where your problems are, etc. My mom and I used the same surgeon and he did a horizontal incision on her that goes around to the sides farther back than mine. My incision is an anchor cut - but the horizontal portion of my achor cut does not go nearly as far back as hers (that I can tell). But I carried a lot of extra skin up top and she didn't. (I lost two inches right under my bra line from skin removed. So I had a lot of skin up high.)

southernlady
on 12/16/09 11:29 am - LA

RNY on 05/18/05

Thanks for the replies everyone! When I look hard at my abdomen, the portion above my bellybutton is ok. I would not even neet ps if you looked at me between the bellybutton and bra line. My problems are all evident between my bellybutton and hipline. I am not planning on wearing a bikini either way, but I do have very fair skin that scars terribly. My RNY scars are still very dark purple and noticible nearly 5 years later. Guess I am going to reask my ps if I am doing the right thing.
Thanks again!
G

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