There are a number of reasons why it’s possible to experience a flabby midsection, even if you are devoted to a healthy lifestyle. When skin has been stretched from pregnancy or significant weight gain and loss, you may see looseness in your midsection that does not diminish with exercise. A tummy tuck can provide patients with a firmer and flatter midsection, but it’s important to keep in mind what this treatment can accomplish, so you achieve the results you’re looking for.
Problems that Can be Targeted with a Tummy Tuck
• An excessive amount of sagging skin left over from a large weight loss
• Loss of skin elasticity or weakened abdominal muscles due to pregnancy
• Small fat deposits in the stomach area
• Hereditary issues that produce an out-of-shape abdomen
Abdominoplasty helps to remove excess skin, small amounts of fat, and re-position loose, out-of-shape muscles. When considering a tummy tuck to help solve cosmetic issues with the appearance of your midsection, consider whether your goals include weight loss and an reduction of loose skin, or removal of loose skin alone to reveal a trim shape.
What a Tummy Tuck Will Not Do
Even though tummy tuck surgery removes some fat deposits, it is not the ideal procedure for significantly slimming-down a fatty abdominal area. Liposuction is best used to remove these larger fat deposits and can help sculpt more appealing contours in problem areas, such as hips, thighs, and stomach. This procedure can be combined with a tummy tuck if both loose skin and fat build-up are concerns.
Abdominoplasty is also not a fix for abdominal stretch marks; however, any stretch marks that are present on loose skin will be eliminated if this skin is removed as a part of the tummy tuck process.
We Can Help you Find the Right Treatment for a Firmer and Flatter Stomach
If you have concerns regarding the appearance of loose skin on your midsection, our Lubbock cosmetic plastic surgery office can help. Dr. Minns and his team will go over any aesthetic issues and find the correct treatments for allowing you to meet your goals, which can include a tummy tuck, liposuction, or both. Call our office for more information or to schedule your consultation.
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Recovering from a Mommy Makeover: What to Expect
A mommy makeover is a term used to describe a set of cosmetic surgery treatments which target issues that many mothers experience, such as loose skin in the abdomen and depleted breasts or lost breast volume. A mommy makeover is usually a breast lift, augmentation, and a tummy tuck, completed in one surgical treatment.
With grouping treatments together, many patients wonder about the recovery process and how it will differ from receiving just one cosmetic plastic surgery treatment. Typically speaking, the recovery process for most treatments at our Lubbock plastic surgery office, including more extensive care like mommy makeovers, goes accordingly:
The Day After Treatment
After completion of your cosmetic procedure, you will feel soreness at the treatment sites and may be wearing protective and supportive garments around your breasts and abdomen. As with any surgical procedure, there will be some initial discomfort the first day after surgery, but this can be managed with proper medication and ensuring that you give yourself time to rest and recover.
The First Week after Surgery
After the passing of a week, mommy makeover patients report feeling much improved. Pain and discomfort begin to subside and some normal daily routines can be taken back up, but patients are encouraged to be careful and not lift heavy objects or over-exert themselves.
One Month After Your Mommy Makeover
After a period of about one month, patients can return to their full daily routine. At this phase, many patients are no longer wearing support garments and can get back to life as they knew it before the recovery process.
One Year after Your Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
It can take up to a year to see full, mature results of your treatment. While breasts will still be lifted and your abdomen will be free of loose skin immediately after treatment, the healing process and the natural settling of tissues can take up to a year to realize. At the one year mark, treatment results will be mature and allow you to see the fading of any surgical scars as well as renewed firmness of skin.
How Do I Start the Mommy Makeover Process?
Call our office today to schedule a consultation for a mommy makeover with our Lubbock, TX cosmetic surgeon. We can help answer your questions and determine a treatment plan to accomplish your goals.
With grouping treatments together, many patients wonder about the recovery process and how it will differ from receiving just one cosmetic plastic surgery treatment. Typically speaking, the recovery process for most treatments at our Lubbock plastic surgery office, including more extensive care like mommy makeovers, goes accordingly:
The Day After Treatment
After completion of your cosmetic procedure, you will feel soreness at the treatment sites and may be wearing protective and supportive garments around your breasts and abdomen. As with any surgical procedure, there will be some initial discomfort the first day after surgery, but this can be managed with proper medication and ensuring that you give yourself time to rest and recover.
The First Week after Surgery
After the passing of a week, mommy makeover patients report feeling much improved. Pain and discomfort begin to subside and some normal daily routines can be taken back up, but patients are encouraged to be careful and not lift heavy objects or over-exert themselves.
One Month After Your Mommy Makeover
After a period of about one month, patients can return to their full daily routine. At this phase, many patients are no longer wearing support garments and can get back to life as they knew it before the recovery process.
One Year after Your Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
It can take up to a year to see full, mature results of your treatment. While breasts will still be lifted and your abdomen will be free of loose skin immediately after treatment, the healing process and the natural settling of tissues can take up to a year to realize. At the one year mark, treatment results will be mature and allow you to see the fading of any surgical scars as well as renewed firmness of skin.
How Do I Start the Mommy Makeover Process?
Call our office today to schedule a consultation for a mommy makeover with our Lubbock, TX cosmetic surgeon. We can help answer your questions and determine a treatment plan to accomplish your goals.
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