| If you are within a healthy weight range and are | | | | surgeries and it is important to consider these risks |
| looking to remove exercise and diet resistant weight it | | | | first. |
| you should consider a tummy tuck. Before you do it is | | | | During the surgery the doctor will make an incision |
| important to know the facts about the procedure. With | | | | from hip bone to hip bone in order to remove excess |
| the knowledge of what to expect you can confidently | | | | skin and fat, and will also shorten the abdominal |
| take the next step toward a healthier body. | | | | muscles to give the stomach a trimmer and slimmer |
| You've put in the time and the energy to workout, eat | | | | appearance. Many patients opt to have some |
| right, and drop those extra pounds you have always | | | | liposuction done at the same time that they have this |
| wanted to lose but maybe your body has been | | | | procedure to further enhance the effects. |
| resistant to losing all the weight. Maybe after your last | | | | It is important, however to be realistic about the results |
| pregnancy you have worked hard at getting the figure | | | | that a tummy tuck can offer. One of the things people |
| you once had but your skin is still stretch marked and | | | | don't always realize when they start looking into having |
| loose. Does your stomach look like you are carrying a | | | | this operation is that there is a chance for serious |
| spare tire? Do you still have baggy skin where you | | | | scarring. The incision often stretches from hip to hip |
| carried the weight? Then a tummy tuck could be right | | | | and there is a chance of vertical scarring as well. |
| for you! | | | | Another thing to consider is the fact that the pain from |
| Both women and men can experience the difference | | | | abdominal surgery can last for months or even linger |
| of having that unwanted skin and fat removed from | | | | for a year, and this is after the initial healing period the |
| the abdominal area. The effects can be quite amazing | | | | first few days. |
| and your figure will never look better. If you are within | | | | However, if you are in good shape going into your |
| 30% of your ideal body weight and have realistic | | | | tummy tuck there is nothing that will hold you back |
| expectations about the results of cosmetic surgery | | | | from becoming active again in the weeks following |
| than you may be a good candidate for a tummy tuck. | | | | your surgery. You may find you have more energy |
| The operation, technically called abdominoplasty, is a | | | | and stamina now that you are not carrying the |
| major surgical procedure in which the patient is | | | | physical and mental weight anymore. You too can |
| required to undergo a general anesthetic and at least | | | | experience the confidence and charisma associated |
| one night of rest in the hospital. As such there are the | | | | with a tighter body. |
| same risks and complications as other invasive | | | | |