Questions and answers? Tummy Tuck / Abdominoplasty

I need to lose weight before undergoing a Tummy Tuck?
It is advisable to have reached an ideal body weight before undergoing a Tummy Tuck. However, we do not live in a world "ideal." Therefore, we can do the rest of an excess of body fat and abdominal eliminated before or during a Tummy Tuck with Liposuction â? provided to maintain their weight and stay healthy.
It may be a smoker Tummy Tuck or Body Lift surgery?
NO. Patients who are currently smoking, use of snuff tobacco or nicotine products (patch, gum or nasal spray) are at an increased risk of serious surgical complications. These complications include skin death, delayed healing, and healing. People exposed to secondhand smoke are also at potential risk for similar complications attributable to nicotine exposure. Moreover, smoking may have a negative effect on anesthesia and post-anesthesia recovery, with increased coughing and possibly bleeding. It is therefore necessary to refrain from smoking for at least several weeks before and after surgery.
I can spend a Tummy Tuck If you have diabetes or other chronic conditions?
Men and women who have chronic health conditions such as thyroid diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and can still undergo Abdominoplasty â? provided that their conditions were optimized by their physician. As commonly performed cosmetic procedure, a Tummy Tuck is still surgery and should be treated as such in all cases. A plastic surgeon responsible for performing blood tests, and have a complete medical history to ensure that all risks of surgery are minimized.
Can I get pregnant after a Tummy Tuck?
In most cases, women that a Tummy Tuck is not planning further pregnancies. Although it is possible to have more children after a Tummy Tuck, another pregnancy could impact your Tummy Tuck results and lead to the need to dispose of his abdomen? Tightened.â new? Therefore, a responsible cosmetic surgeon will advise you which is preferable to be satisfied with the family before undergoing a Tummy Tuck size.
A Tummy Tuck remove stretch marks?
N. creams or laser treatments that can erase stretch marks. However, due to an Abdominoplasty removes most of the stretched skin below the navel, not eliminate most of their stretch marks â? at least those in the abdomen.
How do you differ from liposuction Tummy Tuck?
One of the most common dilemmas for patients who are concerned about its abdomen is whether it would be better served with a Tummy Tuck and Liposuction.
While an Abdominoplasty or Tummy Tuck is designed to remove loose abdominal skin to tighten the abdomen, liposuction is designed to remove excess fat. A Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty or not to reduce the size of a woman dressed in 14 years, which is the size of fat around the abdomen. Furthermore, a woman who lost all her excess weight after pregnancy and is loose with his left hand, hanging abdominal skin will not be able to strengthen the abdomen or remove stretch marks with Liposuction.
There are some people who are "between" the two groups â? who have excess fat and hanging a tire replacement. "They must first undergo liposuction to remove fat. Then you need a Tummy Tuck to remove excess skin and to strengthen their abdominal muscles.
Can a Tummy Tuck and Liposuction performed simultaneously?
Yes and No. It is not safe to perform liposuction in the abdominal area where the skin is stretched during an Abdominoplasty. This can cause unnecessary damage to the blood circulation in these areas with scars or even the loss of the skin. While liposuction is performed outside the main areas of abdominal skin, is safe. Therefore, some people choose to have their hips and thighs Liposuction, in conjunction with an Abdominoplasty. Lifts and breast enhancement are often combined with the tummy Tuck or Abdominoplasty. The surgeon may also perform at the same time the procedures for facial rejuvenation such as eyelid surgery, or procedures to remove wrinkles for the face. Because of the length of the combination of surgery may affect surgical risk, you should thoroughly discuss the safety of the combination of cosmetic procedures with your surgeon.
What is the difference between Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) and Panniculectomy?
Panniculectomy is similar to Abdominoplasty in that removes excess abdominal skin. More specifically, Panniculectomy is designed for those with a large pendant panus or "spare tire". In addition, Tummy Tuck is for those who have loose skin in excess, but is not a spare tire.
Unlike a Tummy Tuck, Panniculectomy not to strengthen the abdominal wall, to reduce the waistline, or tighten the upper thigh. Panniculectomy only removes the "spare tire".
What is the difference between Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) and Body Lift?
Tummy Tuck only corrects the looseness and redundancy of the abdomen. Body Lift combines a Tummy Tuck with the lifting and tightening of the redundant skin folds back, buttocks and the collapse of the outer thighs.
Therefore, a body lift is a more comprehensive, to enhance and strengthen the entire lower body. Most people with loose abdominal skin or loose, even with some of the buttocks can be treated by an extension or a high voltage Tummy Tuck Tummy Tuck. For those who, following a massive loss of weight, to develop a large amount of excess skin in the lower body with the sagging buttocks and outer thighs are better served with a body lift.
The incision is larger than a body lift for Abdominoplasty?
The edge of a body extends beyond the lift incision for Abdominoplasty â? past the hips backward, like a belt. Because of this some people call a Body Lift a "belt lipectomy". A belt lipectomy, however, does not lift the buttock and removes only the folds of excess skin.
What is a thigh lift?
After weight loss, men and women can get their rippling and buckling legs that extend from the top of the thighs to the knees. Women often complain that they are unable to bring towels and the skin between her thighs rubbing together. Moreover, the loose wrinkled skin around the knees, many women continue to be able to bring skirts.
While the collapse of the outer thighs and buttocks can usually be addressed with a body that the procedure for internal thigh Lift no. A thigh lift is a procedure that lifts and tightens the skin of the thighs â? that most of the inner thighs.
What is a traditional thigh lift?
Two different types of lifts of the leg can be made according to the degree of laxity in the skin. If the skin laxity and the sway is limited to the top inside thighs, excess skin and does not extend to the entire circumference of the thigh, the thigh traditional Lift can be performed. In this procedure, the surgical scar is located in the inguinal fold extends into the buttock crease. This scar is well hidden.
What is the extension of the thigh lift?
"I would again nice skirts. I hate my thighs and sagging folds of all my knee. "
Amanda, 45 years
Often, people who were once extremely obese are now left with a large loose around the thigh to the knee. In these cases, the extension of the thigh lift is performed. Besides the scar of the groin fold, there is a long vertical scar that extends along the height of the inner thigh. The vertical scar enables the surgeon to remove excess skin around the thigh.
Thigh lifts can be combined with liposuction?
Yes, both traditional and Thigh Lift Thigh Lift extension can be combined with limited liposuction to improve the contour of the legs and reduce the size of the "saddle bags".