Tummy Tuck

What is Tummy Tuck or Abdominoplasty?

Tummy Tuck, also known as Abdominoplasty or Panniculectomy is a surgical procedure used to flatten the abdominal wall or stomach area. Large amount of skin and fat are removed from the middle and lower part of the abdomen. Abdominoplasty removes excessive hanging skin, and repairs loose or stretched muscle, thereby, improving abdominal wall tone and structure. Skin that contains stretch marks on the lower abdomen may be removed as well.

How is Abdominoplasty done?

The procedure is performed under general anesthesia; Complete Abdominoplasty takes about 3 - 4 hours where as Partial Abdominoplasty takes about 1 - 2 hours. Depending on how extensive a Tummy Tuck procedure is, hospitalizion for 2 - 3 days is required after Tummy Tuck surgery.

Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck requires a horizontal incision across lower abdomen (within or above the pubic area). The length of the incision varies depending on the amount of skin to be removed. In some cases an incision around the navel is made so that the excess skin above the navel is pulled downward and removed. The navel's position remains unchanged The skin flap is then stretched down, extra skin is removed and the skin incision is stitched and bandaged to ensure proper healing with minimum scarring.

If large amounts of fat needs to be removed from the abdominal area, Tummy Tuck may be accompanied with Liposuction.