Abdominoplasty

  • Abdominoplastía

Plastic surgery procedure is used to make firmer abdomen. The surgery involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen to adjust the muscle and tissue sheath of the abdominal wall.

Abdominoplasty

Abdominoplasty, also known as “tummytuck” is a very common procedure in plastic surgery, indicated in cases where the flaccidity of the abdominal region is the main problem. The typical scenario is one where women who have finished having their children, lies with excess skin in the abdomen, stretch marks with a “panzita” and a “love handles” I had not before pregnancy, and that They refuse to disappear despite hard put him to the gym. If we add stretch marks, she discovers that the pregnancy has aesthetically devastated the abdomen.

Pregnancies produce very specific changes in the abdominal region: loosening of the skin and soft tissues; separation of the rectus abdominis muscles (diastasis), even to hernias; fat deposits; and if the pregnancy ended with a cesarean scar can be horizontal or vertical. The number of pregnancies, increased the number of kilos each, and age of the woman are factors that determine how severe are these changes.

Abdominoplasty, tummy tuck, tummy tuck and tummytuck are synonymous. It involves removing excess skin and fat through a low horizontal incision, repositioning the muscles medially forming an “inner belt”. It is often associated with liposuction to attack the “callus walker” and other undesirable fat deposits. The end result is very good, since the change of before and after is very important. The only disadvantage of this surgery is scar that occurs, horizontal side to side, but it is completely hidden by underwear or bathing suits.
 
The procedure is performed in the operating room by regional anesthesia (epidural or “rakia”) and lasts approx. 4-5 hrs. After surgery the patient usually stays overnight at the hospital, but in selected cases can be ambulatory. The recovery takes 1-2 weeks, much like the time of recovery after a cesarean.

Very often combined procedures such as breast surgery or buttocks while abdominoplasty without increasing much recovery time, using the same anesthetic event. Avoided, however, combine too many procedures as this may increase the risk much during surgery and subsequent complications.

There are variations to the classic abdominoplasty:

  1. Mini Abdominoplasty: In cases where the flaccidity is limited only to the lower abdomen.
  2. Extended Abdominoplasty: Where the scar goes back because of the large excess skin and fat, but could be full or circumferential, in cases where the patient has had massive weight loss. In these cases it is necessary to address the excess skin and sagging of the back and lower back.