Tummy Tuck Procedures from Austin-Weston

tummy tuck If you have experienced rapid weight loss from surgery or extensive dieting and exercise, you may find the area around your waist sagging with excess skin and fat deposits. Excess fat deposits around the waist area can cause discomfort from irritated skin rubbing together or embarrassment from the loss of a natural contour. Women that have gone through pregnancy often find their lower body area around the abdomen sagging from the weight of excess skin and fat they never fully lost following the pregnancy. A Tummy Tuck or Abdominoplasty procedure may be your best option for restoring your body to a more balanced, well proportioned body contour.

Thanks to the latest tummy tuck techniques, perfected by the board certified plastic surgeons at The Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery, incision lines are hidden along the natural folds of the skin at the bikini line resulting in a visibly attractive new waist line. Loose fitting clothes are a thing of the past as your new body proportion makes it easier to buy the kind of clothes that flatter rather than hide your new body contour.

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Abdominoplasty surgery eliminates excess skin and fat around the stomach area as well as tightening the muscles.

Procedure

A horizontal incision is made from hip bone to hip bone and the surgeon gently separates the skin from the abdominal wall. The muscles and soft tissue are tightened and the flap is closed and excess skin and fat are removed. There are different variations of a tummy tuck, and your physician will recommend the procedure specifically for you.

Recovery

A garment is applied following the surgery to help prevent swelling. Your surgeon will likely prescribe antibiotics to avoid infection in addition to pain medication. Swelling, bruising and numbness are normal after the surgery and will subside in a few weeks. Patients will return to the office the following day and incisions are checked. After about a week, stitches are removed. Healing from a tummy tuck is slow since this is major surgery. Most patients return to normal activity within 4 weeks. The scar is permanent but will fade in 6 to 9 months.

Liposuction or VASER® Lipo is sometimes combined with Abdominoplasty surgery to give patients a feminine or sculpted look.

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We invite you to see the dramatic results we are having with the tummy tuck procedure in our before and after gallery of actual tummy tuck patients. At The Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery we look forward to helping you achieve the body proportion you have always dreamed about.

To schedule your complimentary plastic surgery consultation with one of our board certified plastic surgeons call The Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery at (703) 893-6168 today. We look forward to sharing with you detailed information about the latest tummy tuck procedures.

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