Abdominoplasty

[00:00:07.840] Tummy Tuck was designed to remove excess skin [00:00:10.908] and repair any of the muscle damage that occurred during childbirth. [00:00:15.280] Great candidate for the abdominoplasty or tummy tuck [00:00:18.225] is one that is not going to have any further children, [00:00:22.433] is within about 30 pounds of where they want to be [00:00:24.909] as far as their weight, and has excess skin. [00:00:29.017] Tummy tuck often needs the addition of liposuction [00:00:32.417] to help blend the results of the tuck into surrounding areas. [00:00:36.140] For instance, tummy tuck does not address the lateral waist. [00:00:39.592] Liposuction does a great job of blending in the lateral parts of the abdominal [00:00:44.710] plastic with the sides that are not addressed by the tummy tuck. [00:00:49.960] The recovery time for tummy tuck depends on the patient. [00:00:52.700] What we tell everybody is that [00:00:54.351] it is the most painful procedure that a plastic surgeon will perform. [00:00:57.750] It takes about two weeks for them to feel human again, and it takes about a month [00:01:01.910] before they feel like they did before the operation. [00:01:04.480] Some patients walk in the day after tummy tuck like nothing happened. [00:01:07.800] Other patients won't get out of bed for two weeks. [00:01:10.110] Most patients will fall between those two extremes, but they should have the family [00:01:16.190] set up, the support network setup, to help them post operatively.