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Hay all, I’m wondering if anyone else who tends to gain a lot of visceral fat (ball belly in men gainers) who has had abdominal separation? It may not be a dangerous issue but I’m experiencing it and wondering whether to be concerned or not. Thanks

Just bumping this. I know there have to be some ball bellied gainers out there who have experienced this.

This is something you should seem a medical professional for and not this forum.

While others may have experienced it, their experience doesn't mean you will have the same outcome and a medical professional will be able to tell you if your specific case is something to worry about or not and can give you proper medical advice on how to remedy it

Thanks. The focus of my question is a little more like “is this just what being this fat with this body type means” or “should I be concerned”.

The web searches I’ve done have been inconclusive on this point, so that’s why I’m asking.

Thats my point tho, even if its something that happens (yes it's caused by extreme weight gain) the severity of your situation can't be determined by anyone but a physician. You shouldn't be depending your health and safety on the responses of people on a forum.

Can it be a real issue? Maybe, maybe not. People on here can't tell you that for certain

It can potentially lead to problems including potentially dangerous ones like a hernia which requires medical attention. But only a medical professional will be able to tell you if it's at that point or not

I don't suggest anyone leave their health up to random people on the internet

I’m not sure what you mean. Do you have a link to read more about this medical issue?

I appreciate what you’re saying and I plan to go in to have it looked at, but it would just be nice to hear from someone in the fat community. I’m assuming the prescription is going to be “lose weight”.

Would it be diastasis recti?

I think so. I hadn’t heard of it till I started looking up what I was feeling.