It is expensive though at about $100 per week for 12 weeks.
TUMMY TUCK SCARS AFTER 5 YEARS SKIN
Embrace removes a lot of the tension by putting more tension on the skin on either side of the incision and drawing the incision together.
This is because the maximum tension is at the center, and least amount on the sides. You may notice in a lot of tummy tuck scars that the center portion of the scar is the widest with the sides toward the hips being the thinnest.
Only tension reduction has the ability to keep the scar as thin as possible. Massage is for softening a hard or thick scar, but if used early, will hasten the scar widening. Massage also does not help keep the scar thin, and can actually worsen the scar in the first 12 weeks because you are actually adding tension to the scar. Those are used if scar is thick or dark, but not to reduce the wideness of the scar, which is the main problem. Creams or steroids or lasers also do not have the ability to prevent stretching of the scar. Silicone sheeting, although having the ability to make a scar flat, does nothing to prevent stretching of the scar. As there is a great deal of tension in tummy tucks, body lifts, breast lifts, etc., the scar is at high risk of 'stretching' or widening. The scar is healing gradually over 12 weeks or so, and until it is strong, it is the weakest link.
In tummy tuck and other lift/tightening surgeries, tension is the enemy.
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