Thus, liposuction has now largely replaced tummy tuck surgery as the preferred technique for improving the silhouette of the abdomen. If liposuction is safer, what are the reasons for doing a tummy tuck?Ībdominal liposuction is safer, gives superior cosmetic results, and has a more natural appearance without disfiguring surgical scars. The recovery time required before a person can return to work after a tummy tuck is typically two to four times longer than after liposuction of the abdomen. Tummy tucks are approximately twice as expensive as liposuction of the abdomen. Is the cost of a tummy tuck greater than liposuction? Several months after having had an abdominal liposuction, the vast majority of women are so happy with their results that they decline a subsequent tummy tuck. The majority of female patients who have excessive abdominal fat find that they are very happy with the results of a simple abdominal liposuction. When is liposuction sufficient and when is a tummy tuck necessary? In most cases, liposuction alone, without a tummy tuck, produces excellent cosmetic results and avoids the risks and additional expenses associated with a tummy tuck. Tummy tuck surgery has a much higher risk surgical complications such as blood clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism) compared to liposuction. Tummy tucks are far more dangerous than abdominal liposuction. A surgically altered belly button often does not have a natural appearance.
Liposuction and tummy tuck recovery time skin#
The removal of a large segment of lower abdominal skin requires that the belly-button be repositioned and surgically reconstructed. Although the lower abdominal area is usually covered when a bathing suit is worn, the scars are quite apparent without clothes. Tummy tucks are often associated with ugly scars producing a deformed appearance of the pubic and lower abdominal areas. What are the disadvantages of a tummy tuck? After liposuction, abdominal skin often contracts to a surprising degree so that an excision is not necessary. However, loose abdominal skin does not mean that a tummy tuck is necessary. A tummy tuck can remove excessive amounts of loose abdominal skin. Liposuction is appropriate for patients who have abdominal muscles that have not be excessively stretched out of shape by pregnancy. A tummy tuck can produce a flatter abdominal wall by tightening the abdominal muscles. Liposuction does not remove stretch marks. Tummy tuck surgically removes skin with severe stretch-marks (striae-distensae). The only patients for whom a tummy tuck is superior to abdominal liposuction are the relatively few women having extreme degrees of lower abdominal skin laxity, unusually extensive stretch marks, or severely stretched abdominal muscles (as a result of pregnancy). What are the advantages of a tummy tuck (compared to liposuction)? The recovery after liposuction is much safer, quicker and easier than the recovery after a tummy tuck. A tummy tuck can result in an unsightly scar that extends across the entire lower abdomen, just above the pubic area in addition to an unnatural appearance of the belly button.
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Tummy tuck usually involves liposuction to remove fat plus the surgical removal of a large section of skin from the lower abdomen, together with a surgical relocation of the belly button. In the vast majority of liposuction patients, the natural elasticity of abdominal skin contracts smoothly, and there is no need to surgically remove skin.
When patients have good abdominal muscle tone, liposuction can provide a dramatic improvement, with a natural appearance of the abdomen, and with minimal scarring. Liposuction of the abdomen removes most of the fat found under the skin and above the abdominal muscles. How does abdominal liposuction differ from a “tummy tuck”? Because liposuction is safer and causes less scarring compared to tummy tucks, abdominal liposuction is now far more common than are tummy tucks. In many patients (but not all) liposuction of the abdomen can often provide equivalent or better results than a tummy tuck.
Before the invention of liposuction, a tummy tuck was the only surgical method for removing excessive abdominal fat. Because the surgeon can directly visualize the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall during a tummy tuck, lax abdominal muscles can be surgically tightened during a tummy tuck procedure. The typical result is usually a flatter tummy with a large scar extending from the pubic area to the lower abdomen to anterior hips. What is a tummy tuck?Ī tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is a major surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia, and involves liposuction and excision to remove fat, plus a large excision of skin.
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