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Tummy Tuck Scars: Here’s What You Can Expect

Are you considering a tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty? This transformative procedure can help you achieve a slimmer, smoother midsection and repair stretched abdominal muscles after weight-loss or pregnancy. Here, I answer some common tummy tuck scar questions to help patients understand some of what they can expect after their procedure. How long will my tummy tuck…

Bandage May Help Minimize Tummy Tuck Scar

Tummy tuck surgery, along with a slimmer abdomen, is known to leave a scar. Although the surgeon can plan the incision carefully to help conceal the scar, patients are often concerned about it. A new bandage that was recently developed by a plastic surgeon claims to reduce scarring after tummy tuck surgery. A study of…

Fixing Extra Belly Button Skin During Your Tummy Tuck Procedure

As one of the most popular procedures currently available, the tummy tuck addresses loose skin and excess fat deposits in the stomach area, and may also be focused on concerns with the belly button. A variety of issues with the belly button may be adjusted during a tummy tuck procedure. As one of the world’s most popular…

Treating Belly Button Hoods with a Tummy Tuck

The tummy tuck procedure, which is one of the most commonly requested cosmetic procedures in the world, is capable of providing significant adjustment to the appearance of the belly button. Many people make use of this aspect of the surgery by adjusting the shape, size, symmetry or level of hooding on their belly button. The generally accepted…

Can I Wear a Bikini After My Tummy Tuck?

One thing is consistent among most people who get a tummy tuck—they want to show off their tummies afterwards! But a tummy tuck is surgery and thus leaves a scar, so many patients ask about how visible the scars might be. Women wonder if they’ll feel comfortable wearing a bikini, for example, and men are just…

When should you have a tummy tuck following massive weight loss?

After significant weight loss, having loose skin removed through tummy tuck surgery is a big step in a long series of overall physical changes. You should wait until you have reached your goal and maintained it for some time before scheduling surgery. During the weight loss process, your skin has shrunk to fit your new body as…

Could Surgical Adhesive Improve Your Tummy Tuck Surgery?

Clinical trials set to begin this November will answer that question, as Pennsylvania based Cohera Medical plans to market a new surgical adhesive called TissuGlu®. The company is investigating whether the safety and efficacy of tummy tuck surgery (and other surgical procedures) might be improved by the adhesive.  The product is said to bond sections of…

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