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Abdominoplasty, or a tummy tuck, is a surgery performed to remove excess fat and skin. It can also restore stomach muscles that have separated. A plastic surgeon performs the tummy tuck. Deciding to have a tummy tuck can be difficult. There are several things to consider.

1. Consider your reason for getting a tummy tuck. There are some medical reasons for having an abdominoplasty, such as recurrent skin infections and backaches.

Many choose to have a tummy tuck because they do not like the way their stomachs look.

If you have had multiple pregnancies, pregnancies with multiples or massive weight loss, you may want a tummy tuck due to excess skin and poor muscle tone.

If you plan to lose more weight, you may want to wait to get your tummy tuck until you have reached your goal weight.

2. Consider the cost of an abdominoplasty. It can range from around $4,000 to over $10,000 depending on your plastic surgeon’s fees, the facility fees, and your individual surgery. Readmore…

When you have decided to undergo surgery such as abdominoplasty must consider several aspects that determine the decision of your surgeon to submit (a) – or not the operation.

These are the basic characteristics of good candidates for tummy tuck operation:
* That is more than 18 years
* Have a good shape and its silhouette is relatively pleasing, except for the flaccid abdomen, with excess skin and fat. It is important to note that this is not a surgery to address obesity and particularly when a disease (see chapter on morbid obesity). The abdominoplasty is geared specifically to eliminate imperfections in the abdominal area which themselves do not agree with a person’s body harmony. When an overweight should be made an integral work to lower and then you might consider abdominoplasty to solve the problems that arise sagging after weight loss.
* That the patient has sufficient maturity to understand the proceedings. Usually it comes to surgery when taken other measures, such as exercise, diet, and aesthetic programs without achieving the most satisfactory results for him, according to their living conditions.
* In case of women is vital that, first, are not pregnant, and second, with no plans to close pregnancies, because a new period of gestation can completely ruin the outcome of the surgery. The best advice I usually give plastic surgeons is that women undergo this surgery after having taken the decision not to bear more children, that is when, voluntarily, are terminated their reproduction period. The current trend in this regard is that women have on average two or three pregnancies and after the last choose to have tubal ligation to prevent another. But it is an absolutely individual decision and that no one other than the partner, must intervene, not even your gynecologist or family doctor, except when a subsequent pregnancy might jeopardize the life or health of the patient.
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This procedure is one of the most complex within the group of cosmetic surgery since it is not only the skin but adipose tissue and muscles, and the area inside the belly button to rearrange the new shape of the womb (it should be note that the excess skin is dissected). In addition, the incision is usually quite large to achieve the objective. The results depend on the extent of surgery, the skin tone of the patient, body conformation and their healing process. Most people are satisfied with the results while improving your body image, the figure is usually seen as athletic, firm and free of the annoying “chubby.”

Abdominoplasty is a serious operation, which can only be performed by a qualified professional, specialist in plastic surgery and all the rigor that requires an operation. In general, if taken all security measures and cleanliness and is hands knew all lead to more satisfactory results. But as in any operation, whether cosmetic or not, involve little or a large part of the body, the potential risks such as bleeding, reactions to anesthesia, infection and poor healing. Another complication is hematoma or seroma (accumulation of blood or fluid between the skin and muscle) that require drainage. The smokers have a higher risk of complications and delay healing therefore is advised to stop smoking at least two weeks before surgery.

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