Severe abdominal strain, sagging skin is manifested in the form of wrinkles, excessive deposition of fat, stretch marks and sagging skin of the anterior abdominal wall causes increasingly turn to a plastic surgeon for plastic anterior abdominal wall (abdominoplasty).

Abdominoplasty is one of the most complex operations for the patient. Therefore, this operation can be performed only in highly skilled surgeons.

 

The main indications for abdominoplasty:

• Sagging anterior abdominal wall in the form of folds as a result of slimming
• Severe abdominal fat distortion
• Flabby modified extensions anterior abdominal wall due to early pregnancies transferred
• Postoperative scar deformation of the anterior abdominal wall

The main goal of abdominoplasty is a correction of body contours.

It should be emphasized that the main task is not to create a perfect tummy but to achieve a noticeable improvement of its kind in comparison with the initial state.

The special features of abdominoplasty include:

• The possibility of combining it with liposuction problem areas
• The possibility of modeling the waist by eliminating discrepancies recti
• Possibility to further mask the postoperative scar using underwear.
• The ability to combine it with other (cavitary) operations

There are two kinds of abdominoplasty:

• Miniabdominoplasty when produce detachment of the flap to the navel level leaving it in the same place.
• Classical abdominoplasty with transposition of the navel, where the detachment is made of skin-fat flap to the level of costal arches, due to a significant displacement of the skin flap, formed a new umbilical hole in which the navel is fixed.

In the case of excessive stretching fascia between the rectus abdominis muscle (usually due to postponed pregnancy), made his plastic - suturing to create the conditions to minimize the volume of the abdomen and waist modeling.

The operation is performed under general anesthesia. Drainage does not restrain. The incision is in the bikini area. The duration of operation is from 40 minutes to 1.5 hour. After the operation, the patient stays in the hospital for 1-2 days. Within 2-3 weeks you will need to wear a special compression garment. On the second day you will be able to take a shower. After about 1 week, you will be able to return to normal life. Within 1-2 months, we do not recommend the use of the sauna, fitness. The final result can be assessed after 2-3 months after surgery.