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Am I a Good Candidate for a Tummy Tuck?
A tummy tuck is major surgery that is not for everyone. Good candidates, however, can experience dramatic results and a huge boost in self-esteem. The best candidates typically fall into one or more of three categories:
- Women who have had multiple pregnancies
- People who have lost massive amounts of weight
- Those who have lost elasticity of the skin and/or muscles due to age
The best candidates are in good overall health, have strong abdominal muscles, and have had a stable weight for at least one year.
At the end of the day, the natural results of a tummy tuck procedure speak for themselves. You can see what our surgeons have achieved for other abdominoplasty patients by browsing our before-and-after photos to get an idea of what this procedure could mean for you.
Benefits of an Abdominoplasty
A tummy tuck is a very popular part of the Mommy Makeover Procedure. During pregnancy, the uterus expands and can stretch the abdominal wall to the point that exercise will not return it to its original shape. This is even more common in women who have had multiple pregnancies.
After massive weight loss, many people are disappointed with the results because excess skin and stretched muscles do not go into shape. A tummy tuck can help complete your hard work and give you the beautiful figure you expected and deserve.
Complimentary Procedures for a Tummy Tuck
When diet and exercise fail to deliver the flat belly and shapely contours you expect, a tummy tuck may be able to solve your problem. While it’s not a weight loss tool, but it can complete your weight loss efforts.
Gawley Plastic Surgery doctors are experts in body contouring and have created the four-dimensional tummy tuck for full abdominal rejuvenation.
Liposuction
Liposuction can often be performed alongside a breast reduction for extra contouring. Sometimes excess stubborn fat around the breast tissue, typically around the armpits, needs to be removed to enhance your results.
Mommy Makeover
A mommy makeover is specialized combination of body contouring surgical procedures.
Our mommy makeovers offer the perfect complement of treatments to give you your pre-pregnancy body back and help you look your very best.
Our surgeons will help you choose the combination of procedures that will give you the body you desire which may include a tummy tuck, liposuction, breast augmentation, breast lift, or breast lift with augmentation.
Breast Surgery
During and after pregnancy, the breasts are often the most dramatically affected area of a woman’s body. The results can be very unpredictable. Some women lose volume. Some begin to sag due to stretching. Many women experience a combination of both. Age and the elasticity of your skin are just two of the factors that determine how your breasts will react to pregnancy. Our doctors at MD Plastic Surgery can enlarge your breasts with breast augmentation to replace lost volume, perform breast lift to correct sagging, or you can choose a combination lift and augmentation to fully restore and enhance your breasts.
Recovery & Results from a Tummy Tuck
Your recovery from the tummy tuck procedure varies depending on the extent of your procedure as well as your body’s healing ability. A modified tummy tuck offers a shorter recovery. If you underwent a full tummy tuck in combination with liposuction, you will be able to resume sedentary work in 2 weeks and you can begin exercising in about 3 to 4 weeks. It takes this long since your abdominal muscles are tightened during the tummy tuck and most patients will remain stooped over for about 7 days and returning to normal activities would not be possible. Your body is also utilizing a significant amount of energy to heal and you may take more time to return to your normal preoperative activities without feeling tired. As with every surgical procedure, you must discuss your options and recovery time period with your surgeon. It is important to allocate the required recovery time to allow your body to heal well and to be able to enjoy the intended results.
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- Crystal
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Dr. Bryan Gawley, MD, FACS
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Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
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