Scarsdale Tummy Tuck doctors

and waiting for your body to establish a steady state in terms of weight loss is important for achieving the best possible result.  Look at the changes you've seen over the course of your 70 lb weight loss (congratulations on your achievement) and you can understand why it is important to weight for your body to accomodate to the weight change.  SUrgery will futrther refine your look, but it should be done after you have reached a steady weight.  A reasonable period of time to wait would be six months, and I would strongly recommend that you follow your surgeon's advice and not rush into surgery before your situation has been optimized.

of excess tissue in the mons area.  Particularly in our patients following large weight loss, excess skin below the abdominal incision, in the area of the mons, is a problem that has to be corrected to improve the results of the surgery.  We have developed a technique of sculpting excess fat away under direct vision, followed by elevating a flap of skin and removing the excess before closing the Abdominoplasty incision.  Patients need to be awarw that there will be swelling in the mons area for about two weeks after surgery, but the results are well worth the additional healing time.  Make sure to discuss this with your surgeon before the Abdominoplasty, or you will likely be discussing the problem with him or her after the surgery...