Tummy Tuck
If you want a tighter, flatter abdomen, then a tummy tuck can help you achieve your goals. Also known as abdominoplasty, a tummy tuck removes excess fat and skin, and in some cases restores weakened or separated muscles. This creates an abdominal profile that is smoother and firmer, often enhancing your body image and confidence.
A tummy tuck involves the surgical removal of excess abdominal fat and skin and includes tightening of the abdominal wall where muscles have weakened. Most women after childbirth benefit more from a tummy tuck than liposuction. The reason for this is that there is usually a significant amount of skin laxity present which will not shrink with liposuction leaving a thinner, but still wrinkled abdomen. A tummy tuck will correct both the skin looseness and the fat excess. Of course the trade-off is the need for an incision to remove the excess skin and often an incision around the belly button. Incision length is largely dependent on the amount of excess skin to be removed. Although everyone naturally wants the smallest incision possible, I have found that trying to minimize the incision length can compromise the results producing a stomach that still has some loose skin that hangs over the edges of the incision.
Liposuction may be performed in conjunction with a tummy tuck to remove excess fat around the waist, hips, thighs, or back.
Swelling should subside and initial results may appear in 2 to 4 weeks. Final results could appear in 8 weeks. Incision lines will continue to flatten and fade for up to a year.