Has Anyone Had This Procedure Done?

jax0601
on 5/21/11 12:53 pm - NV
Hello. I had a LBL, Breast Augmentation/Lift, and brachioplasty in mid-December. While I am extremely happy with my results, the skin above my bew belly button is still quite loose. My surgeon recommends either doing an anchor cut (I'm not really interested in a visible scar), or a second option of having an incision under my front bra line from left to right. He would pull the skin up to tighted it. He says this procedure would give the best results, and I would have no visible scar. (With my LBL I have no visible scars when I wear my two piece swim suit). It is important to me to have my scars hidden as much as possible.

Has anyone ever had this procedure done? If so, how was recovery? I dont know how uncomfortable an incision under my bra line will be. With the breast work I previously had done, I cant go without a bra, so this concerns me.

Any insight anyone could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !
Bonnie ABC
on 5/21/11 8:31 pm - Smiths Falls, Canada
RNY on 09/16/08 with
I replied on the other board.

Bonnie

   I can do hard things, life is teaching me that I can.
             Lost 222lbs with rny, 20 lbs regain.
                                                                     
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DrL
on 5/22/11 6:24 am - Houston, TX
The incision under the breasts is called a reverse tummy tuck and you may find a few before and afters of it but not many.  It's not commonly done, and I personally could not get the results I and my patients were  wanting  from it, so I don't do it anymore.  Perhaps a patient with a tiny amount of skin laxity and no breast laxity whatsoever would be a candidate.

John LoMonaco, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Plastic Surgery
Houston, Texas

www.DrLoMonaco.com
www.BodyLiftHouston.com
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