Category: abdominoplasty | tummy tuck

The Extended Tummy Tuck – A Three-Dimensional Approach

The traditional tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is primarily what I call a frontal approach where skin and fat is removed from the lower abdomen. The skin cutout is done horizontally in the shape of a football. Often times, liposuction is also performed on the sides around the waistline to get more of a 270 degree Read More…

Temporary Tattoo Concealers for Tummy Tuck Scars

All plastic surgery procedures leave scars. Body plastic surgery always leaves the longest and most visible scars by virtue of the surface area and locations of the surgical site. Tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) are one of the popular plastic surgery procedures and it is a great operation at the trade-off of a transverse low abdominal scar, Read More…

Male Body Contouring – Liposuction and Tummy Tucks

When men seek body contouring, the vast majority of cases will involve the abdomen and waistline liposuction. It is very rare to ever do in a man any other areas that are more common in women such as the hips, buttocks, or thighs. In my Indianapolis plastic surgery practice, I can not even remember Read More…

Understanding Mini- vs Full Tummy Tuck Surgery

If dieting, sit-ups and walking and running leave you still far from your goal of a flatter belly, then a tummy tuck could be the only surgical solution. Everyone recognizes what a tummy tuck is, the removal of extra skin and fat from the abdominal area and tightening of the abdominal muscles all at Read More…

Lipoabdominoplasty – Improvement over the Traditional Tummy Tuck

Tummy tuck surgery remains as one of the most sought after elective plastic surgery procedures. To the person struggling with a loose or unsightly stomach area that has not changed with diet and exercise (and it almost never does), tummy tuck surgery offers a result that is otherwise unobtainable. But tummy tuck surgery has Read More…

Tummy Tuck Surgery and Rectus Muscle Plication

Tummy tuck surgery, or abdominoplasty, can make a dramatic difference in the shape of one’s abdomen and waistline. In addition to removing excess skin and fat, many tummy tuck surgeries have the muscles tightened as well. What muscles and how they are tightened is a frequent point of confusion. The muscles that a tummy tuck Read More…

Going Drainless in Tummy Tuck Surgery (Abdominoplasty)

Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery still remains as one of the most dramatic and satisfying of the many body plastic surgery procedures that are available. Removing loose skin and fat, tightening the rectus muscles, and narrowing the side of the waistline with liposuction always makes for a significant change in one’s waistline. Even when done Read More…

The Changing Size of the Abdominal Panniculectomy Procedure

Since the advent of bariatric surgery and the rise in the number of such procedures every year, a traditional body contouring plastic surgery procedure is undergoing a change. That procedure is the abdominal panniculectomy…or the cutting off of one’s overhanging pannus. This is a more extensive form of a tummy tuck. Panniculectomy surgery is a Read More…

Tummy Tuck Surgery – What To Expect Right After Surgery

Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery is a dramatic operation that offers an unparalleled change in your waistline shape and contour. It can be so significant that I frequently refer to it as the ‘facelift’ of the body. Like all dramatic surgical changes, there will be some equally dramatic immediate after effects that all patients Read More…

The Circumferential Body Lift Procedure For the Surgery Patient

In some weight loss patients, enough loose skin results that it feels like a suit is hanging off your body. The excess skin exists in a 360 degree fashion from the chest down to the knees. You could call this the ‘sharpee’ syndrome or one that looks like ‘wax melting off a candle’ but Read More…