The Risks and Complications of a Tummy Tuck

[@chele8893]

Thank you for covering all these issues. My Big Day is 1/29/24! Im 59 and lost 80 lbs. & after 3 children my body was ruined! Now 40 years to the DAY my belly is going to be restored!

[@TheSimaralynn]

So how are you doing now?

[@ariasjamie]

I'm going 1/28 🎉

[@MakeupNursing]

I have my TT with lipo coming up and I’ve been really anxious. I’ve been watching all your videos about TT and they give me a peace of mind.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Watch this video on anesthesia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpO5kKuYprN2o6c

[@lvnmykdz]

Good luck… TELL the doc to not hit your colon… Mine did. Was hell. Now I wear a colonoscopy bag.

[@denisealexis4261]

Dr Williams can you please do an episode for those of us that's has to travel to you an how to aftercare when we comes back home.also what to expect when you coming by yourself. An what's your recommendations for a patient .who has to do it alone.thank you .an also if taking ginger shorts every day an herbs is dangerous before surgery also what's your thoughts on arnica tablets for pain

[@Powermass]

I am currently recovering on my own after a TT in another country. Most if not all vids mention the "support system" that I do not have. Planning was key for me and I'm doing fine, but I feel I had to invent the wheel to by my own support system. I'm even thinking of doing a vid on this for us going solo.

[@lisakaye3919]

Right. No one talks about long term aftercare im 4 weeks and im lost

[@Powermass]

@@lisakaye3919 What do you feel lost about at 4 weeks? I'm 1 week post-op and just came home from abroad. I have things rather clear, thanks to research and actively questioning my surgeon.

[@Powermass]

@@Shrimp459 Ah, well I didn't have a BBL (I'm a man) but a tummy tuck which is the topic of the video. Therefore sitting on the airplane wasn't an issue. Dr William has commented on 2 of my previous comments so I recommend asking him in one of his BBL videos.

[@Shrimp459]

@Powermass omgg I'am sooo sorry I saw your picture but after I read your comments I completely forgot, I'm going to delete my first Comment🤦🏽‍♀️

[@LadyT474]

Thank you doctor Williams for all the information on the TTS and BBL Surgery and complications. You’re my Ogee doctor. I am waiting patiently . God bless you my lord!🙏🙏👍👍

[@NoaFox7]

Thank you for the thorough explanation. I’m 3 1/2 weeks post op and having complications. Wound got infected and opened up. It’s a significant wound and I’m doing wet to dry. My doctor is addressing accordingly, but the mental toll is pretty traumatic. Your explanations put me at ease in between appointments.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Wound healing problems can be very frightening for a patient as they don't expect them and then once they happen it can be a worry that they won't heal. They all heal!! The problem is they heal slowly and there is nothing we can do to speed them up and this can lead to depression. Just remember they all heal and they do so slowly but they will heal.

[@MrsR-f9p]

I follow you on TikTok and you are so informative in every platform. Like I said on TikTok, keep educating us, we are listening! Keep on, keep on ❤

[@mobfit9492]

I got a tummy tuck and abdominalplasty past February. So far so good, I'll admitt I do get shocks up my abs when doing abs. And I feel like the Dr could've done a better job but I'm working with the outcome of the surgery

[@ChareneHillman-gk3ti]

Dr Williams, so happy i came across your videos they are so informative, i'll be saving all that i see. I want/need a tt so bad. This info really helps. Thank you!😊

[@DrWilliamMiami]

There are quite a few tummy tuck videos on my channel. Here is a link to one of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bauUfJV6bKh2bqs

[@veronicahornsby7353]

Great analogy on why and how the fluid builds after a tummy tuck.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Thank you and thank you for watching.

[@michellerodriguez6007]

Hi Dr. Williams! Great video! I love watching your videos, It tells me you not only care about your patients but other patients outcome and I love that! ❤❤ I got a tummy tuck on December 9th 2021 amd I love my results. Unfortunately I have dog ears and I never known what that was until watching your videos. Please let me know what are the next steps for me to take. I'm looking to get lipo 360 and I would love for you to do my work because I know I'm in good hands and my results will be phenomenal!!!!!!

[@VictoryR32]

Absolutely RIGHT! On June 2022 New Life used J-Plasma on me …the results were awful, disappointed and devastated. Correct there is warning by FDA against J-Plasma! After a year later my body look awful and NEVER improved! I have so much respect for you as a Surgeon and teacher….regret not doing my procedure with you!

[@butterflyygyrlsworld5106]

New Life is doing mine in December! 😮 please share more! Dr. Alverez came highly recommended.

[@VictoryR32]

@@butterflyygyrlsworld5106 you better DO NOT GO! There is a lot of people that don’t share their stories!!! I wish I can share my pictures to the world!! On the day of the procedure, I never saw Dr Nosrati in the operating room, which was unsettling. I had paid for a Lipo 360 with abdominal etching, but what I ended up with was far from what I had expected. The next day, I was horrified to find tubes inserted in my abdomen and excess fat still present. Instead of a contoured look, I looked like a BOTCHED balloon

[@VictoryR32]

@@butterflyygyrlsworld5106 well they deleted my message...

[@rosemarymeikle4100]

Absolutely love this, hoping to get this surgery done in December 2023. Have Keloid skin, plan to get steroid shots to help calm them down. But like the physician i want the shape.

[@lauriebond956]

I wish you would do a video on a tummy tuck on a 65 year old women in good health

[@eloisaortiz6266]

I would like some information which by the way I haven't seen any on this topic but getting massages I understand getting massages after a BBL and lipo but how do the massages go with lipo and BBL and tt

[@DrWilliamMiami]

They are the same massages and the same time frame but there are no massages to the TT area until 3 weeks. Good question. Thank you.

[@ElsaDuran-es7zv]

Thank you for this very informative video. I am a little worried as I am two weeks post op and im still draining. I had some redness going on above my incision and my Doctor drained it out. There was no pus. I was given antibiotics. Bu im just concerned that my draining is not going down. I still have my drain in.

[@tsmith8660]

“Walk home” is hilarious to me. Goodness I’m so ready to get this deflated body done

[@LadyT474]

Hi Dr Williams , intelligent video, I love to watch you on KZbin so I can comment.with my long notes. I am waiting for Evaluation from you my doctor.. Thank you

[@lvnmykdz]

Oct 3 2023.. had Tummy Tuck/Lipo and muscle repair. Day 10.. went by ambulance to hospital. He perforated my colon. Isn’t there a way a surgeon checks to make sure the colon is ok!?Hip area was really red around day 4. Dr. Was NOT able to see me day 3 post op as he ended up having surgery (I was NOT informed about his wakeboarding injury) the day after he performed my surgery. 6 surgeries later, a Picline, 3 weeks in a hospital bed..and a colonoscopy bag.. I made it out alive. Are surgeons not required to inform their patients if they are Injured? Sure upped my surgery risk. Filing a complaint.

[@JChan-ru2hf]

Did you have surgery in the United States? When your doctor wasn’t able to see you, did you ask for another doctor or did you just go home?

[@tamikabrown1409]

@dr Williams Where should the IV be placed for a tummy tuck?

[@Dr.Disobedience]

Can a tummy tuck be compared with an emergency C section ? PAIN ? MINE WAS TERRIBLE

[@DrWilliamMiami]

From what patients have told me a TT usually hurts more than a C-section.

[@jasonstubbs-h6p]

Good information

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Thank you.

[@jenwat5326]

I have two questions and really would like your input. I wish I had more knowledge before going for a mommy makeover (breast lift and tummy tuck) in November. I have swelling above my incision and it seems to be more prominent in the past few weeks. Nothing in my routine has changed is this normal at ten weeks post surgery? I also have bumps inside of my belly button. It is very unsightly and other than swabbing with a qtip I haven’t gotten much direction. Is this common and can it be resolved? Thank you so much for your content it is helpful.

[@odettg9106]

Had u had patients that want a tummy tuck because they had big appendix scar like the 🦎 scar from the belly button and down..my mother is 50 she had a appendix when she was 3 years old back in the days they would do a big scar she has never gone to the ⛱️ and she wants a belly button cz she dosen't have one..we had ask 3 surgeon but they never done one with appendix scars 🦎they are kind of scared cz they don't know if skin is stuck in abdomen muscles 😏🤷🏻‍♀️..but my mother had her normal pregnancy her stomach grew ..can you talk about this plz 🙏

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I have done many, many tummy tucks with those scars. It was very common in Cuba to have that incision for an appendectomy and GYN surgeries. It is usually not an issue as that scar is completely removed with a tummy tuck.

[@ayemamiJ]

Could you please post the ingredients in your scar gel. I do not see them listed on your website.

[@lizs.s.8053]

Hello doctor. Before a tummy tuck, do I have to stop taking vitamins? And how many days before surgery? Thank you.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

No you can continue to take them as you normally do as long as they don't have any fish oil or vitamin E in them.

[@lvnmykdz]

How common is PERFORATION of the COLON during TT/MR/Lipo to flanks?

[@barbeeshayknight1976]

Hello I have a question pls.. todays my 3 day since tt and there is liquid in the middle of my chest its kinda hard and fluid like you can fell n hear it it’s this a complication?

[@Reallythatgirlbb]

Hello Dr.William I will be having a TT with you in December, do you recommend getting the home sequential for after surgery along with the walking of course?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Just need to walk. Walking is more important and more effective than any other intervention.

[@Reallythatgirlbb]

@@DrWilliamMiami thank you, see you soon!

[@Lecie_bka]

I’m 10days post op TT. My abdomen is super hard when I press on it anywhere. Except the middle. Is this normal?

[@eccentricityxoxo5378]

Absolutely I'm 4 months post op my doc said yes and it's still hard my next appt in feb

[@Diamondkash]

Is it hard and swollen on some areas?? Mines is and im 16 days po

[@katiehenry988]

Are type 2 diabetics with good control of blood sugars and a1c good candidates for tummy tucks?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Yes. The closer your A1c is to normal the better. Make sure to get tid of your internal fat--that is usually what is driving the glucose level higher.

[@amyvansickle1497]

Are there any extra precautions that should be taken prior, during, and post TT for someone with Heterozygous Factor 5 Leiden?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I would consult with your hematologist for this question. They are the experts and they can tell you exactly your risk and develop a strategy to mitigate your risk.

[@killerpodcasts]

Question regarding the numbness. Does that eventually subside? Im seeing alot of people at various stages, including past 1 year still having numbness. This kind of worries me about tje surgery.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Usually the numbness does get better but it is always there. It is true for ANY surgery--when you cut through the skin it cuts the nerves and you can have longterm numbness.

[@yesiimoran8247]

Hi Dr William, can you do a video of what it feels like if the stitches on the MR failed? I laughed pretty hard yesterday and I felt a little pop and today I woke up very sore and with pain on my upper abdomen 😢

[@zoebakogiannis3094]

I had that happen twice and had a sharp pain right after too. Would be great to hear what Dr.. Williams says bout that

[@lucindawise5090]

Yes, Dr.Williams is this safe for a 70 years old lady to get a stomata truck medication just take two other shots for my allergies and hemoglobin might be a little low. I’m just wondering is it safe for me

[@amberb4984]

What do you do if there is a whole in the belly button draining serous fluid with no smell or infection. Will the belly button close on it's own?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Usually these types of healing issues resolve on their own but I would speak with your surgeon about it.

[@lucyevans6606]

Hello Dr. William, What’s the difference between a Tummy Tuck and a Mummy Makeover?

[@gotajob2day]

I'm on Rinvoq. How soon should i stop the medication before my tummy tuck? Or is it ok to continue to take it throughout

[@ibcntvirayahbroadcasts4607]

I had hernia and it's not closed. The doctor was able to put it back in but he left it open until I could get surgery. But, he also said it may close on its own... is that something to be concerned about?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Hernias don't tend to close on their own. If a baby has a small umbilical hernia we usually given them 5 years for it to close and if not repair it. However for patients older than 5 years old hernias will not close on their own.

[@TheBlackmanFamily12]

Im curious to know if you’ve ever had a patient who developed holes in their draining tube…? I did and it only drained for a week or less. We taped the holes and it drained a little more for two more days. Days after drain was taken out, I developed an infection that looks like cellulitis.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

The holes didn't develop. Those holes are in the drain--that's how they come--they are usually inside the body and that's how the fluid enters the drain. However, if the drain holes are VISIBLE then the drain is not in the correct position and air will go INSIDE the body. It is not supposed to. The drain is closed and only sucks fluid from inside to the outside. Once you can see the holes it is contaminated. I was reading of you taping of the holes etc I was thinking 'oh you are going to get an infection' and then two sentences later I read you developed an infection. That's why.

[@elizabethcastillo1067]

How common is hemophilia in the world of plastic surgery? I see more information about risks blood clot formation than bleeding out. Is hemophilia typically a disqualifying risk for having surgery?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

You won't see a lot written about hemophilia and plastic surgery because we typically do not operate on patients with hemophilia because of the increased risk of bleeding.

[@LadyT474]

Hi Dr.Williams, I have been trying to reach out to you for the past years. Now I am 59 years young. I was told that I have past the age limit you operate on. Please help me to bring my safe esteem back please. Last year I did mommy make over at Mia Aesthetic but Liposuction was not done. I need your help by coming to you for Ogee Lipo and BBL I have sent complete information to the Jennifer R.

[@yonettecarter2007]

Could someone have a belly button piercing done after a tummy tuck? If so how long after the surgery?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Yes of course. I usually suggest waiting 6 months after a TT before having a belly button pierced.

[@yonettecarter2007]

@@DrWilliamMiami thank u

[@jenniferhermansen2785]

My mom had a tummy tuck and she is having major dehisence. She thinks she caused it by falling asleep with an ice pack on her belly. It was numb so she couldn't feel it. Fast forward to today almost 4 weeks post op she has a wound vac on her stomach and had to have a huge steak size piece of skin cut off her abdomen. For anyone thinking of getting surgery DONT LEAVE AN ICE PACK ON FOR TOO LONG! Although we don't know if that's what caused it because her boob is also healing poorly, and she has a wound vac there too. Ice packs can cash frost bite and tissue death if left on too long.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Yes I have seen that before with burns where the burned area is insensate so people can't feel the ice pack and they can actually cause a deeper burn with the ice pack. Same for all surgical areas. Ice is great but it has to be monitored carefully and if you don't have sensation then it has to be timed.

[@SmokinAce]

Dr William, do holes on the incision heal on their own? A lot of draining from the 6 weeks after procedure. (Not talking about drain holes)

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Best to email me directly at [e-mail]

[@dorydory9705]

I was planning to have a tummy tuck, now that I heard you I don’t want to do it anymore 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@DrWilliamMiami]

WHAT?!! Of course I do. I did two yesterday!! I love doing tummy tucks.

[@judithrajaram1124]

I had surgery 01/22. And blood is still oozing from my belly button. How do I correct this.

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I would see your surgeon. That is not normal.

[@yahmitahisreal280]

Hi I had breast aug after losing 6cm of tissue from Pagets and the surgeon put an implant under the muscle of the affected breast and lifted the other The prob is the affected breast is still smaller and the lifted one is scared really bad the incision is long and crocked it dehissed and left an itchy keloid and im really really bothered by the results. any suggestions

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I would go and speak to your surgeon. Sometimes with complicated cases where you are having two different operations on two different breasts it might take more than one surgery to get everything right.

[@RealTalkWitA]

Will you not perform a tummy tuck on someone who's already had lipo 360?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I will do a TT after lipo. Yes, but sometimes it is not possible because of the scarring after the liposuction so I would have to see you in person to say.

[@dianahudson2391]

Why one side of my belly is higher than one ofter my tummy tuck is 5 now

[@london5261]

What about a drainless tummy tuck

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I only do them with drains.

[@JB_ceo]

​@@DrWilliamMiami I don't want tummy tucked but what else can I do

[@nikoval100]

Hello Dr.William .My PS has not stitched my abs together as much above the navel as below, I can see it and I can feel them, what can be done about it, does it require a new tummy tuck. 10 years ago I had my first tt the first night, the first night I threw up extremely much and it destroyed or tore my stomach muscles to pieces at the navel, it was not repaired so over several years the bulge on my stomach got bigger and bigger. after 10 years I asked for a new tt, the plastic surgeon doesn't sew my stomach muscles back together and only opens me up to the navel, she says my muscles are a little thin at the bottom of the stomach and inserts mesh. After the operation, the result is exactly the same as before the operation. 1 year later I ask her to do another tt I ask her to sew my abs together and do a full tt this time she opens me up to just above the navel and sews my abs together from the navel down but she doesn't sew the stomach muscles together from the navel upwards, so now I have a huge problem my stomach bulges out above I can see it is because the stomach muscles are loose. After the last operation, I told her I couldn't feel she had sewn my muscles together above the navel, not a single pain, or indication of repair of the muscles and up what can I do now, how many tt can be done on the same person, is it is necessary to open myself up completely again. I need some good advice . My weight is 61 kg my

[@lindafavor2334]

Am sorry for being off side but am inquiring on something that's bringing insecurities in some of my friends,how can one correct the calv muscles wic appear to be muscular yet she is a woman? Can exercise help? Or it needs surgery? Pliz help me doctor

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I don't fully understand your question but calve surgery is very, very uncommon and not something that most plastic surgeons perform.

[@lindafavor2334]

@@DrWilliamMiami thanks doctor at least I HV a clew about my question

[@eleonorabibolli789]

Thank u for allinformation. Just about to get tummy tuck and breast reduction and I know nothing as my doctor told me nothing but sure asking for the money

[@burn_that_butter6829]

I hope you decide to shop around -- that sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen.

[@asaelbahati17bahati75]

Do we need masssage after tummy tuck?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

If patients have had liposuction along with a tummy tuck I suggest my patients get lymphatic massages, but for those who had a simple tummy tuck than I don't think they need massages. Just massages for the areas of liposuction.

[@craftycandlesbymarci]

I really love this video 🎉

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I'm glad you like it! There are a whole bunch of Behind the Mask podcast videos published.

[@Jen-M.]

are complications different if you have a reverse TT?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

I have never done a reverse TT, but I would imagine there are complications that are common between the two operations as for every surgery. For example: bleeding and infection are a risk for every surgery. But then every surgery has their own unique complications as well. For example bleeding is a low risk for a breast augmentation, but you can develop a capsular contracture which is a complication unique to a breast augmentation. I just don't know the complications for a reverse tummy tuck although I would guess breast distortion is one that may be more common in a reverse tummy tuck than a regular tummy tuck for example.

[@ikeshiawilliams6353]

Hey doc would you do a tt on someone with a 7.3 tsh?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Yes, as long as the all of the other thyroid markers are ok.

[@ikeshiawilliams6353]

@@DrWilliamMiami good you might be seeing me soon❤️

[@computerguy6791]

What would make a person drain very dark fluid for two weeks after a tummy tuck with two drains? My blood never lightened in color but I had to get the drains removed and always wondered why after 2 weeks it never got lighter

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Usually dark black currant colored drainage indicates that an old hematoma is liquifying and coming out.

[@marisazabala2596]

Tummy tattoos....I have a rather large tattoo of a death head moth that takes up most of the space from just above my belly button to just under my breasts. How do i find out how a tummy tuck might make the tattoo look afterword?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

It will stretch it out and distort it.

[@Debra_798]

You forgot about pneumonia….common after TT because lungs expansion are limited

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Thank you. You are correct. Not a common complication after a Tummy Tuck but it is certainly possible. Add it to the list!

[@Debra_798]

@@DrWilliamMiami thanks dr. William. That happened to me due to not being able to fully expand my lungs because of how tight my muscles were. It was very scary and end up admitted to the hospital for few days after surgery.

[@wildflower7321]

@sexymami0215 that's so scary! What did they do for you at the hospital? I'm a little claustrophobic so this really scares me.

[@Bensnsnajebe]

*JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND CARES FOR YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE*

[@tracygibson3196]

I'm going to disagree with iPhone in the sense of giving all the credit to one manufacturer.

[@evelynlopez3847]

fiborsis

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Not usually with a tummy tuck. With liposuction you can get fibrosis.

[@evelynlopez3847]

I'm two months in PO with fibrosis i don't know where to go to get rid of them? any places you recommend? I live close enough to south fl? @@DrWilliamMiami its hard to find a good place.

[@JChan-ru2hf]

I like the doctor and information he delivers. But that host not at all. It didn’t sound like she prepared at all tried too hard to be funny.

[@AxelStark-s8e]

Is it just me or does this dude sound like he's just making ish up as he goes? Just the way he talks. Haven't fact checked. Found myself going: waaait, whaaat? like ALOT

[@elizabethcastillo1067]

How common is hemophilia in the world of plastic surgery? I see more information about risks blood clot formation than bleeding out. Is hemophilia typically a disqualifying risk for having surgery?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

You won't see a lot written about hemophilia and plastic surgery because we typically do not operate on patients with hemophilia because of the increased risk of bleeding.

[@elizabethcastillo1067]

How common is hemophilia in the world of plastic surgery? I see more information about risks blood clot formation than bleeding out. Is hemophilia typically a disqualifying risk for having surgery?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

You won't see a lot written about hemophilia and plastic surgery because we typically do not operate on patients with hemophilia because of the increased risk of bleeding.

[@elizabethcastillo1067]

How common is hemophilia in the world of plastic surgery? I see more information about risks blood clot formation than bleeding out. Is hemophilia typically a disqualifying risk for having surgery?

[@DrWilliamMiami]

Personally I do not operate on patients with the diagnosis of hemophilia. I cannot speak for all plastic surgeons though.

[@meleniad]

I wish I would have been here sooner