Sunday, February 16, 2014

What is Tummy Tuck Procedure?

If exercising and dieting could not treat too much flab or excess skin in your abdomen, you might be considering “tummy tuck” with the top plastic surgeons in Johannesburg.

Tummy tuck is the less invasive plasticy surgery procedure that involves removal of excess fats from the abdomen, making the abdomen more firm. This type of surgery is ideal to patients with sagging tissues or skin after a major weight loss or pregnancy.

Tummy tuck procedure vary in scopes and is usually divided into two category; the complete abdominoplasty and partial abdominoplasty.

Complete Abdominoplasty:


-          The operation is made from hip to hip just above the pubic area.
-          The skin is being detached from the abdominal wall to reveal the tissues that need to be tightened.
-          An incision is needed to free the navel from the skin.
-          Liposuction is being used to refine the affected area of the abdominal sculpture.
-          A compression garment is being applied and drain any excess fluid from the area.

Partial Abdominoplasty:


-          This is an operation wherein a smaller incision is made.
-          The belly button stalk is sometimes divided.
-          The skin and fat are being detached in a much limited fashion.
-          Sometimes a portion in the abdominal area may be tightened.
-          Liposuction is often used to refine the sculpted zone.

Who are the best candidates for Tummy Tuck?


If you ask a surgeon of tummy tuck in South Africa about this, he or she will have an answer same with several other surgeons. “Any healthy person can be a candidate for tummy tuck procedure.”
Tummy tuck is not the same as liposuction, although a patient can choose to have both liposuction and tummy tuck in one treatment. This is also a major surgery, so anyone who is considering to have tummy tuck in the future should be mindful about the facts and risks in any plastic surgery technique.
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