| Dieting and proper exercise has been recommended | | | | Tummy tucks of today may cost you anywhere from |
| as being the most effective combination for weight | | | | $5,000 to $9,000. To be more specific, surgeon fees |
| loss and a slimmer body. Despite this, there are still a | | | | will be about $4,000, facility fees are $700, and |
| significant number of people who choose to go under | | | | anesthesiologist fees may be anywhere from $500 |
| the knife. And one of the most common procedures | | | | and above. |
| for getting rid of that excess fat is known as | | | | Trends from the American Society of Plastic |
| abdominoplasty, or the tummy tuck. In 2008, about | | | | Surgeons (ASPS) reported that there was a small |
| 150,000 men and women had this, making it the fifth | | | | percentage of increase in the number of tummy tucks |
| most popular surgical cosmetic procedure in the US. | | | | from 2006 to 2007. The following year, from 2007 to |
| How does it work? | | | | 2008, there was an 18 percent decrease in the |
| In this procedure, excess fat is surgically removed | | | | number of abdominoplasty procedures done. Hopefully, |
| from the body via a vacuum, and the skin on the | | | | this significant lowering is due to the smarter health |
| abdominal area is stretched before sutures are made, | | | | choices that people make, rather than because the |
| thus resulting in a tight and firm midsection. When | | | | recession has made a lot of things more costly. |
| undergoing a tummy tuck, you generally have to pay | | | | Regardless of this, having known the average cost of |
| for the anesthesiologist, the clinic or facility, and the | | | | a tummy tuck these days, you might want to think |
| cosmetic surgeon who will perform the | | | | twice about undergoing such a procedure, and |
| abdominoplasty. So what is the average cost of a | | | | perhaps consider safer and more affordable |
| tummy tuck? | | | | alternatives. |