Tummy Tuck

Abdominoplasty, Perth, Western Australia

Age:	32 years
Procedure:	Abdominoplasty (Full Tummy Tuck)

Age:	39 years
Procedure:	Mini Abdominoplasty (Skin & Muscle Tightening)

Age:	39 years
Procedure:	Full Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

Age:	35 years
Procedure:	Full Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

Patients with abdominal features that result from pregnancy or large weight loss.
Excess skin folds or loose overhanging skin of the lower abdomen
Unsightly stretch marks or previous scars that you would like removed.
Excess fatty accumulation in the abdomen.
A bulge and protuberance in the lower abdomen that results from stretched abdominal muscles.

General anaesthesia is used and the surgery takes about three hours.
A bikini excision is made that is hidden low on the abdomen and concealed by even revealing garments. A second excision is made around the umbilicus (belly button).
The loose, stretched muscles are tightened with sutures.
Excess skin and fat are removed.
The umbilicus (belly button) is preserved and looks natural and youthful.
The skin excisions are sutured with buried dissolving sutures.
Drains are often inserted to eliminate fluid build-up and a firm elastic support garment is applied.
This can be combined with other surgeries such as liposuction or hysterectomy.

You will usually stay in hospital for three to four days.
Drains are used for several days.
You can shower on the third day after surgery.
Moderate discomfort for the first two days that is much less by the third day and easily controlled by medications.
You will be reviewed after one week when the dressings are changed.
The support garment is usually worn for two to four weeks.
Swelling is mild to moderate for the first week, after which it rapidly disappears.
Usually only very mild or no bruising.
Resume many activities after first week and most by at least four weeks.
No sutures are removed as they are all dissolvable.
Off work for about two to four weeks, depending on the activity of your work.

Firmer, flatter, more contoured and tighter abdomen.
Better fitting clothing and the ability to wear smaller sizes.
A natural result that improves with time and is usually permanent.
Natural and presentable appearance for the first week that improves over the next three to six months.

Less extensive procedure for localised fullness of the lower abdomen.
Corrects abdominal bulging and localised obesity or stretched skin from pregnancy.
A shorter transverse excision is used in the bikini line. No incision is required around the umbilicus.
Muscle is tightened.
The umbilicus retains the same shape and position and is not moved.
The wound is closed using dissolvable sutures.

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