After a consultation and an exam, you and I will discuss the best plan to get you the result you want. If you have minimal extra skin, loose lower abdominal muscles and some extra fat, you may be a better candidate for a mini-tummy tuck. In a mini-tummy tuck, only the lower abdominal muscles are tightened, but the trade-off is a shorter scar that is lower on the body.įor my patients with a lot of extra skin, stretch marks or those who have had children, I generally recommend a standard tummy tuck.
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For a mini-tummy tuck, I will often perform liposuction of the abdomen to create a firmer, tighter surface, which is generally not necessary with a full tummy tuck.
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In a mini-tummy tuck, I surgically remove less skin from the lower abdomen than in a standard tummy tuck and I do not need to re-position the belly button.
To keep the belly button in the right place, I make a small, circular incision around it and then bring it through a new opening once the rest of the belly is tightened up. I will also tighten the muscles in the midline of the abdomen from the rib cage down to the pubic area to create a flatter stomach. In a standard tummy tuck, I remove a large oval of skin from hip to hip and from the belly button down to the pubic area. View Tummy Tuck Gallery FAQ What is involved in a standard tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) surgery? Lichten to all my friends and certainly recommend him to you all!” I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER! I am recommending Dr. I look better and feel so much better about myself. Lichten was so attentive, even getting me a clean compression garment and bringing it the hospital before I left! After the surgery and follow-up appointments, he listened to and answered all my goofy questions.
He suggested a collaborating gynecologist and after several appointments with both, I had a hysterectomy, tummy tuck, liposuction of flanks and thighs October 2017. Lichten and with the procedures he recommended. Lichten and Central Ohio Plastic Surgery in Lancaster. Doing research on-line, I found that lots of women have a tummy tuck AT THE SAME TIME as the hysterectomy, so I thought “Why not?!”. During my yearly exam January 2017, my gynecologist discovered I had fibroid tumors and suggested I have a hysterectomy. I had an appendectomy scar and a c-section scar that drove me crazy because fat would hang over the scars making my abdomen look lumpy. “I had been wanting to have a tummy tuck for a long time.
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