A mini tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgery designed to reduce excess fat and skin around the waist while at the same time firm up the abdominal area. It’s popularly used as a method of removing loose skin following pregnancy and birth or as a means to removing excessively saggy skin that can come about if a person quickly loses a large amount of weight.
The technical or proper name for a mini tummy tuck is “abdominoplasty”.
The procedure is done by making an incision above the pubic area. The skin and fat around the lowers abs are then detached. Extra or excess skin is then removed and the remaining skin is stretched down. This newly stretched skin is the put back into place and stitched together with the surrounding skin where the incision was originally made.
Depending on the physical appearance and desire of the patient, the cosmetic surgeon or doctor may also move the belly button lower as to make it appear in a more natural spot following the removal of so much skin. Sometimes the muscles of the abs (specifically, the fascia wall) are also tightened as part of the mini tummy tick procedure.
A mini tummy tuck is commonly combined with liposuction body contouring, wherein which fat is removed and the skin is stretched and sculpted to improve its appearance.
This type of surgery is known as outpatient surgery, meaning a patient is not kept overnight. The surgery takes up to 3 hours and after this, patients are sent home and should refrain from anything physical. The main or worst part of the mini tummy tuck recovery lasts about 2 weeks, although full recovery can sometimes take half a year. The first two weeks include strong swelling, pain, numbness and general discomfort in and around the abs, hips, and waist. These effects are temporary. Full recovery is posted at 6 months in the sense that at this point, a patient should feel no effects whatsoever from the surgery, even miniscule effects.
The cost of a mini tummy tuck varies by location, patient health, and the skill and reputation of the surgery. At the same time, since complimentary cosmetic surgery procedures such as liposuction are often combined with a mini tummy tuck, this can obviously greatly change the cost of the surgery bill.
The tummy tuck is by far more popular in women than in men, but men are becoming more and more inclined to consider such cosmetic surgery procedures in an effort to improve their appearance as well.
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