Question:
After tummy tuck my left side- fascia doesnt feel like it has readheared, painfull.

I am 10 months post op panni, and the left side of my abdomen doesnt feel like it has readheared. I had a hip to hip incesion for the panni, but years ago I had a vertical incesion from my breast bone to below my navel. I also had my muscles tighted at the time a the panni. However now the right side feels like it has readheard, but the left feels very loose, and I can feel the friction when I bend over, and its painfull. More flesh was taken from the right side (durring open gallbladder)and the left has always been bigger with more skin and fat. Is it possable that since the muscles are tight and that there could be too much skin/flesh/fascia to readhear?    — wizz40 (posted on June 17, 2005)

June 17, 2005
what is a readhear? Never heard of that expression.
   — train

June 17, 2005
I think she meant re-adhear.
   — arlene713

June 17, 2005
I really feel hat you might find the answer at your next surgical consultation with the surgeon who did this procedure. If you haven't made an appoinment, now would be a good time to and ask the question and have your mind put at rest. Congratulations on all your achievments thus far.
   — Lise K.

June 18, 2005
Hi. Adherence of the skin to the muscles can fail if there is a fluid collection left after surgery. This then becomes what's called a "pseudobursa" which is a sort of sac that exists between the skin and the muscles. They may slide around but are usually harmless. A scan of some sort (CT or ultrasound) is needed to make a diagnosis and if it is REAL bother, surgery could fix it.
   — DrL

June 18, 2005
Original poster here, Thankyou so very much Dr. LoMonaco, I have been trying to to figure out what this may be. I will have my pcp request a CT or ultra sound. Thankyou also, other poster for the spelling correction, I quess I need to spell check,lol I did mean re-adhear.
   — wizz40