Leo McCafferty, M.D.

Liz

Your husband should ask whether his "full abdomen" is secondary to subcutaneous fat (fat between the skin and abdominal wall muscle) and skin excess or more due to fat below the abdominal wall-fat we call visceral fat. An abdominoplasty can treat superficial fat and skin excess but not abdominal fullness secondary to deep "visceral" fat. Visceral fat needs to be addressed with diet and excercise.

If, on the otherhand, he just has excess subcutaneous fat with minimal to no skin excess liposuction would be ideal.

Good luck and I hope this helps.