TUMMY TUCK

TUMMY TUCK
Abdominoplasty i.e. tummy tuck surgery; It is a highly effective and popular aesthetic initiative which is performed quite frequently by plastic surgeons. This operation eliminates the sagging of the abdominal skin caused by various reasons and increased fat tissue, whilst tightening the loose abdominal wall. With a lot of weight loss, pregnancy and pure ageing, the skin and subcutaneous tissues consist of stretch marks that are due to tightening and thinning. After these negative changes, the skin loses elasticity and sags. As a result, the abdominal skin appears wrinkled and skin piles and folds on top of the belly button and on the groin area. The reason for the loosening of the abdominal wall is the separation of the abdominal muscles from the middle line. In this case, the belly comes forward and bloating occurs. Even if the person's weight is normal, the abdomen looks as if it is bloated or pregnant.

The surgery is performed under general anaesthesia and lasts about 2 hours. In surgery, excess skin-fat is removed from the abdominal area and the abdominal muscles are repaired and aligned to the middle line, where they should be. This process results in a kind of inner corset; the waist becomes thinner and the abdomen flattens. Then the new place of the belly button is created, this way a new abdomen is made up that is flat, without folds and largely cleared from its stretch marks.

Patients, who want this surgery, if they smoke, should stop smoking or reduce so that the healing process is much more comfortable. Our patients who are overweight, they will still feel the excess in the abdominal areas even if they have this surgery, because they also have excess fat tissue covering their internal organs. In the future, patients who are planning pregnancy should be aware that the aesthetic outcome of the surgerymight become corrupted. As new techniques are administered during surgery for pain relief, the pain after surgery is eliminated by simple painkillers.

NARCOSIS/OP. DURATION

General/2 H.

HOSPITAL STAY

1 night

START OF WORK

7 days

SCAR

Caesarean scar level and longer

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