Tummy Tuck – What You Need to Know About It
A tummy tuck is less drastic than Bariatric surgery or liposuction. People who opt for a tummy tuck are occasionally just a little step away from their perfect body weight or just need some excess skin removal after extreme weight loss. The tummy tuck medical treatment can be performed in varying degrees ranging from a complete tummy tuck to a mini tummy tuck which can be completed in one to two hours. What surgeons do is to aim for excess skin removal and fat removal from around the middle and lower abdomen through an incision, and then tighten the muscles of the abdominal wall with sutures. The tummy tuck is sometimes combined with other procedures such as a liposuction or breast lift in relation to the reasons for surgery.
There are enough horror stories about treatment tummy tuck, liposuction and bariatric surgery floating around the Internet for you to understand that researching your surgeon well beforehand will aid reduce the risks of something going wrong during surgery. As with liposuction or bariatric surgery, you need to check the surgeon’s accreditation and credentials and also the number of years spent in the industry before deciding on ‘the one’ for your tummy tuck.
It’s unlikely that the tummy tuck will have any major side-effects but there are certain risk factors. Permanent scarring could result from this procedure. Other risk factors include the chance that sutures could rupture, healing could be slow, infection could result and your body might have adverse reactions to the anesthesia.
Complete abdominoplasty – This operation is one in which the abdomen is cut from hipbone to hipbone. This option is one for patients who require a large amount of correction. The operating physician will contour and manipulate the skin, muscle, and tissue according to the specifications outlined during your consultation.
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