Abdominoplasty before & after - Chesapeake Center for Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery - Cosmetic Surgeons in Virginia Beach Norfolk Portsmouth VA

July 30th 2010

Abdominoplasty before & after

This woman was seeking a flatter tummy that she was unable to achieve with exercise alone. She possessed a moderate amount of redundant skin and some muscle laxity. For these reasons, liposuction alone would not be likely to achieve her goals. Dr. Grenga performed a modified tummy tuck: the loose skin was trimmed away, her tummy muscle was tightened up, and some of the adipose tissue from the adjacent flanks and hips was liposuctioned to enhance the tummy tuck. Her result, shown on the right, includes a flatter tummy, a trimmer waist and an overall figure enhancement.

Before tummy tuck, the woman depicted on the left possessed a vertical excess of skin and adipose tissue in the flanks that kept her from having a complimentary figure. After tummy tuck, shown on the right, there is a slimmer, more athletic shape because the loose skin has been removed, the muscles have been tightened, and the waist has been shaped with liposuction. She is now able to fit into clothing better (actually two dress sizes less!)

The woman shown on the right was already at a ideal height to weight proportion. Her concerns were redundant adipose tissue on the lower part of the abdomen that would not respond to physical conditioning. A tummy tuck solved the imbalance of her shape-- the result shown in the right photo illustrates the softer contour, flatter tummy and more youthful look overall that was achieved with a tummy tuck. This, as with most of the examples shown in this section on abdominoplasty, was accomplshed as an outpatient with no overnight stay.

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