Question:
ANYONE HAD PANNICULECTOMY WITHOUT MUSCLE TIGHTENING?
I AM WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS HAD A PANNICULECTOMY WITHOUT MUSCLE TIGHTENING AND WAS SATISFIED WITH THE END RESULTS? DO YOU STILL HAVE A FLAT STOMACH JUST WITHOUT THE SIX PACK LOOK? OR IS THE ABDOMINAL AREA STILL REAL FLABBY? — THE NEW M. (posted on March 30, 2004)
March 30, 2004
Hi,
I had my panni, November 2002 without muscle tightening. Satisfied with
the end results, they removed the hanging area and were able to keep my
bellybutton. My stomach is flat. Was back to work in 13 days.
— connie m
March 30, 2004
See, I get all kinds of answers to this question. From what I have read
here and on Yahoo, the Panniculectomy is just the removal of the apron
(gods, I hate that word!). From the belly button down only. The first
plastic surgeon I talked to agreed and wanted me to pay a large amount of
money to make up the difference between that and abdominoplasty. The second
PS I talked to said, no, he would go in and do an anchor cut, tighten up
all the skin (above and below the belly button) and would do the muscle
tightening - basically an abdominoplasty. For what my ins. was willing to
pay. I'll be going back to him after I have my baby!! I think it just
depends on the surgeon you go to.
— Ali M
March 30, 2004
I did and I am very happy with the results! I do wish I could have had
lipo and a more defined waistline. My PS said he is very happy with the
contour. Still swollen and won't be able to tell the end result for up to
a year!
— Mylou52
March 30, 2004
I had just a panni last year in july. my stomach is flat as a board, i am
very pleased, the only thing i wish could of been done better was the flab
above the belly button. I still have that over hang but not as much. oh
well i have never had a flat stomach so i am pleased. as far as the pain
goes, i really didnt have any. the rny hurt alot worse that the panni and
i didnt think the rny was bad either. i am almost a year out from the
panni and i just quit wearing the binder a month ago and all my swelling is
gone.
— Lisa J.
April 1, 2004
My plastic surgeon explained that he would make a final decision about
tightening the underlying muscles "when I get in there and determine
what is actually needed"....I trusted him to do that, and I ended up
with panniculectomy only...no muscle tightening. That was over two years
ago and you can still bounce a quarter off my tummy :-) He also decided
that an anchor incision was the best way to go for my particular body
shape. He explained that "pear-shaped" folks will usually do
just fine with the more simple bikini-line incision from hip-to-hip.
Unfortunately, I have been apple-shaped and carrying way too much weight
above my belly-button for many years. The anchor-incision (that is STILL a
panniculectomy) brings all that above-belly-button skin in from the sides
and gives the ribcage and back a nice sleek look....no more bulges above
and below the bra line, and a wonderful hourglass waistline. Then the
lower abdomen is pulled down and removed in the additional bikini-line
incision. I have zero-flab and the plastic surgery was the best decision I
ever made...next to the WLS :-) Don't worry too much about the larger scar
from an anchor incision....most plastic surgeon use sutures beneath the
skin, and the only scar I have now is a fine white line down the front of
my abdomen. I have had stretch marks more noticeable than this incision!
Best wishes!
— Diana T.
April 3, 2004
Hi. Depends on status of the muscles. "Don't fix what ain't
broke." If you've been pregnant, and the muscles are
separated...usually can be seen in photos...then I tighten the muscles.
Otherwise no. My experience is that it adds greatly to the result, and in
most cases I perform this step.
— DrL
Click Here to Return