mini tummy tuck research

[sugarmagnolia1]

 Here is some info I have taken directly from the doctor's website. Its copied and pasted.

Not all patients require a full or complete

- some patients require only aabdominoplasty

mini or modified abdominoplasty. In a mini or modified abdominoplasty, an incision is

made at the level of the pubic hair, the abdominal muscles from the navel down to the pubic

bone are tightened so as to permanently flatten the lower belly and all excess skin and fat is

removed. The belly button is kept in the same place and there are no stitches placed around

it.

It leaves a scar that is located just above the pubic hairline and is done on an outpatient basis

under local anesthesia and intravenous sedation at the Renaissance Center for Plastic

Surgery. It takes about 1.5 hours to complete and you go home afterwards. In the vast

majority of cases, dissolvable sutures are used in the skin so that stitches do not need to be

removed afterwards.

The best candidate for this procedure is the individual who is not excessively overweight but

has flabby skin and subcutaneous tissue in the lower belly secondary to weak abdominal

musculature and excess skin and fat. Serious medical conditions may impose restrictions on

certain patients but these factors are considered during the preoperative consultation.

Am I asleep during the procedure?

Yes. You will be in a state of unconsciousness (i.e., twilight sedation) during the procedure.

You will not feel any pain and you will be unaware of your surroundings. You will, however,

breathe on your own without being hooked to a machine. Some patients may require general

anesthesia but the vast majority (95%) undergo this procedure with twilight sedation.

You will be comfortable during the surgical intervention and not remember anything

afterward. You will be sedated before you go into the operating room or immediately after

you get into the operating room and will awaken in the recovery room. Postoperatively, any

pain will be immediately treated with adequate pain medication.

14. Will I need intravenous fluids or blood afterward?

This depends if liposuction is performed with the tummy tuck. If it is and less than 5,000 cc

(i.e., less than 10 lbs) of fat is removed, no intravenous fluid or blood is needed. If more that

5,000 cc of fat (large volume liposuction) is removed, then intravenous fluids and/or blood

may be required postoperatively.

15. How long do the results last?

The result is

PERMANENT –forever. Fat cells can not replicate so once they are removed,

new fat can never grow back. You should remember, however, that if you gain more than 25

lbs. postoperatively, you may begin to see accumulation of fat in other non-treated areas of

the body e.g., the neck, the breasts, the back and the upper arms. These are all areas where I

have seen fat accumulate in patients who gain more than 25 lbs postoperatively. My advice is

that, after the procedure, you stay at your preoperative weight 10 lbs. in order to maintain

the obtained result. If you gain more that 25 lbs. postoperatively, you will begin to see an

accumulation of fat in unwanted non-treated areas as described above.

 

 

[runner-mom]

Jun. 12, 2009 at 7:46 PM

i giggled a little about the neck fat. that would be motivation to not gain weight!! LOL! thanks for the info! I can't wait to see your results!

[RanaAurora]

Jun. 12, 2009 at 8:01 PM

Hmm.  I'd be curious to see more about how this is done, specifically.

[EternalChild86]

Jun. 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM

I have said that this is probably the only elective surgical procedure that I would consider.  Thanks to your research, I am seriously considering getting it done one day.  Of course, Erick and I would like to have a few more children, so it will have to wait.

By the way, if for some reason you do not get it done and you need something to make you feel better about your own tummy....I can always send you a picture of mine! LOL  I have only had one baby, and I have more "squish n' scars" than you!