2009/08/11

What You Need to Know About Postpartum Abdominoplasty

Abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, is a common plastic surgery procedure that many postpartum women choose to have. Although the best way to lose weight is through diet and exercise, after a pregnancy, skin can be less firm, fat can be more resolute and muscles that were once firm and taut are now stretched.


Other efforts to lose weight and regain a shapely stomach should be attempted before considering postpartum abdominoplasty. Abdominoplasty is not performed as a weight loss solution. It is designed for women who are near their ideal weight, but experience those stubborn, shapeless deposits that remain unaffected by previous weight loss efforts.


Abdominoplasty is commonly known as a "tummy tuck." It isan intense surgical procedure involving the removal of excess skin and fat and the tightening of muscles in the abdominal wall. This procedure has shown dramatic results by reducing the appearance of the protruding abdomen that does not respond to diet and exercise.


Pregnancy stretches the abdominal muscles. Those muscles are the primary contributing factors that cause a shapeless stomach. An abdominoplasty procedure principally involves the surgeon fastening the abdominal muscles tightly together and removing excess skin, leaving the stomach firm and contoured. The only remaining evidence of this procedure will be a thin incision extending between the hipbones.


There are additional body contouring procedures that complement an abdominoplasty: liposuction, breast lifts and thigh lifts are not uncommon contouring accompaniments.


If you have experienced difficulty regaining your pre-pregnancy shape, plastic surgery could be the positive alternative you are looking for.


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