No Botox for Me Please

We saw Kalista's plastic surgeon today, Dr Gosman. We also met Dr. Wong, who is Dr. Gosman's assisting doctor. They took a peek at her "O" and at the area next to it to see if there was enough room for tissue expanders. Because Kali's "O" is fairly large, they feel that there is not enough room for expanders at this time and are thinking she may be a better candidate closer to the age of one.

The whole purpose of today's visit was to see where we are at in terms of placing tissue expanders for a cosmetic closure in the future. The goal is to expand enough healthy skin and muscle tissue to replace all the scar tissue over her "O". The expanders are like breast implants that are placed under her ab muscles and will need injections weekly to expand the implanted sac. The doctors said the expanded skin will have to be equal to the size of her "O" and can take up to almost 6 months to achieve that size, since they can't stretch healthy skin too fast otherwise it becomes thin and weak. We hope that by the time she is one, the "O" may be a lot smaller and not need as much expansion. We can't imagine two big bulges around her abdomen right now.

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