Abdominosplasty,Tummy Tuck: Cleveland, Ohio - Contemporary Cosmetic Surgery

Abdominoplasty or "Tummy Tuck"

Have you had the experience that although exercise tones up your muscles and dieting improves your wellbeing, you just cannot get rid of the fat around and below your belly button?

For a flatter, trimmer stomach or abdomen, you might want to consider an abdominoplasty, or "tummy tuck." A tummy tuck tightens and firms sagging skin and corrects muscle separation in the abdominal region.

Women and men can both benefit from a tummy tuck. Working through a "Bikini cut" incision, the sagging skin of the tummy and stretched muscles are tightened.

Mini Tummy Tuck

For patients with fullness below the belly button, excess skin and fat can be removed trough a shorter incision just above the pubic region. Liposuction is often combined with a mini-tuck to improve the contours. Being a less extensive procedure that a full tummy tuck, the recovery time is often shorter.

Presurgery Preparation

Prior to your surgery, Dr. Michelow will explore your goals with you. The proposed operation will be discussed with you and you will be informed of the advantages and disadvantages of surgery.

The surgery is expected to take about 4 hours. Drains are removed at 4-7 days depending on the outflow. You will be encouraged to move around from the day after surgery. Recovery time is generally 3 to 5 weeks and it will take about three to four weeks to get back into your exercise routine.

Please understand that a trade off of a tummy tuck is a rather log scar extending from one side of the abdomen, to the other. Scars occasionally widen or thicken. This may require additional work to improve. Also keep in mind that weight loss or gain can affect results following the surgery.