Tummy Tucks

It’s never easy to lose weight after a pregnancy, but the more children you have, the harder it can seem. Especially when it comes to your stomach. Even though you have been doing sit-ups religiously, after three children your stomach just doesn’t want to return to the taut, flat and firm splendor of before. Instead, when you look down, you just see a stretched out fleshy mass. One way to effectively get back that firm stomach from before is through surgery.

Plastic Surgery: Tummy Tuck
Abdominoplasty, which is more commonly known as a tummy tuck, is a type of surgery that will remove excess skin and fat from the stomach area. It will also help to tighten the muscles in the abdominal wall. Tummy tucks are best suited to people who are in good shape (aside from the abdominal area) and who are at an ideal weight. This means that you will have to have lost most of your pregnancy weight before you can have the surgery. You should also be done having kids, since future pregnancies could reverse some of the results. But is surgery really necessary to regain that flat stomach?

Exercise and diet is always the best way to lose and maintain weight after a pregnancy. However, for some women, especially those that have had multiple pregnancies, exercise alone just does not help in regaining a flat stomach. During pregnancy, your skin and stomach muscles get stretched out. The more pregnancies you have, the more your skin and stomach muscles get stretched. Eventually, they get stretched to the point of no return, literally. And sometimes the only way to get back the stomach that you miss is through professional help.

The First Visit
When you meet with your abdominoplasty surgeon, make sure you are honest about what you hope to get out of the surgery. Depending on what you want, your surgeon may recommend other alternatives, such as a mini abdominoplasty (or mini tummy tuck), which is a less extensive form of a tummy tuck.

Your surgeon may also suggest a tummy tuck with cellulite removal. This is done to help achieve a better overall appearance. Tumescent liposuction is the most common form of this type of surgery, although it may be used in conjunction with ultrasonic liposuction. This method looks to loosen up the fat first before sucking it out. To learn more about liposuction, visit FemPlace.com.

Afterwards
Tummy tuck surgery is considered to be major surgery. Some forms of abdominoplasty can be done on an out-patient basis, but more often it is done on an in-patient basis. The surgery itself can take anywhere from two to five hours, depending on how extensive it is. Abdominoplasty recovery may require hospitalization for a few days. Total recovery time varies for each person but can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.

After your tummy tuck recovery, following a healthy diet and exercising regularly are the best way to maintain your new stomach (as well as the rest of your body), so get ready to flaunt it!

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