What Are Other Differences Between a Regular Tummy Tuck and a Mini Tummy Tuck Which is Through the Belly Button?

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of the mini tummy tuck?

11 answers to What Are Other Differences Between a Regular Tummy Tuck and a Mini Tummy Tuck Which is Through the Belly Button?

Numerous Differences in Tummy Tuck Methods: Apply to Certain Types of Patients

Each tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) is adapted to each patient, but standard abdominoplasty and mini- are common terms. We want you to have the one that will give you the best result. Mini-tummy tuck is used for a woman that has loose skin only below the belly button, mild to moderate laxity of the abdominal wall muscles and no to moderate subcutaneous fat. This can also be called a type of lipo-abdominoplasty. The incision is more like a C-section scar. Standard or... more

Sutton Graham II, MD
Greenville Plastic Surgeon

Mini Tummy Tuck and Full Tummy Tucks

There are many differences between a full abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) and a mini-tummy tuck. The more commonly performed full abdominoplasty will remove the extra,loose skin on the lower abdomen and usually requires releasing the belly button from the skin and then redraping the remaining skin and making a new opening for the belly button. Often the muscles of the abdomen which have been stretched will be tightened during the same procedure. The incision is usually low on... more

Herluf G. Lund, Jr, MD
Saint Louis Plastic Surgeon

Differences between a full tummy tuck and mini tummy tuck

There are several differences between a mini tummy tuck and a standard tummy tuck. A mini is almost like a tummy tuck lite - it involves tightening of the skin and underlying muscle layer of the lower abdomen, below the umbilicus. It involves a far shorter incision than a full tummy tuck and does not involve an incision around the belly button. There is a distinct group of patients that can benefit from this procedure - those that have some laxity of the lower abdomen. In contrast to... more

Steven Turkeltaub, MD
Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

What R Other Diff. Btwn a Regular Tummy Tuck & Mini Tummy T.. Which is Thru the Belly Button? Answer:

I think you have heard great advice from this panel of surgeons that obviously have a lot of experience. Once you have been in practice awhile you learn that a mini tummy tuck really doesn’t do much and I only see a few women each year that are even candidates for it. Minimal skin and abdomen tightening. In fact, the tighter you make the lower tummy, the worse it makes the upper tummy look! So if there is any loose skin above the belly button, go for the full, if at all possible. more

John J. Corey, MD
Phoenix Plastic Surgeon

Very few women are helped by mini tummy tuck.

Hi. The trouble is that almost all women who have had children have excess fat, loose skin, and separated muscles both above and below the belly button. If a woman like this has a mini tummy tuck, she will look worse after wards. see video

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Mini tummy tuck vs. a full tummy tuck

The differences between a full tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) and a mini tummy tuck are multi-fold. There are few women that are excellent candidates for a mini tummy tuck. The mini tummy tuck scar or incision is shorter. The umbilicus is not moved, therefore has no scar, and the muscle tightening is only performed below the umbilicus. Women that qualify for a mini tummy tuck have minimal excess skin or muscle laxity above the umbilicus. The recovery and surgical time is also shorter. more

Donna Rich, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Mini tummy tuck improves lower abdomen only

Tummy tucks, often part of the mommy makeover, are done to correct the things that don't respond to exercise: loose skin, localized fat if any, and muscle separation (diastasis.) The mini tummy tuck removes some skin from the lower abdomen, leaving a scar along the bikini line similar to a c-section. Muscle repair and fat removal can be done, but there is no tightening of the skin in the upper abdomen so most patients in need of a tummy tuck get a better result with the full version.... more

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Mini tummy tucks do not deliver

Quite simply, if you need a tummy tuck, you need a tummy tuck. Mini tucks that try to do with less simply achieve less They simply patients disappointed with their accomplishment and simply not worth their keep. All tummy tucks will need a bikini line scar. Nothing can be accompished from trying to do a tummy tuck through belly button.

Vasdev Rai, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Differences Between a Regular Tummy Tuck and a Mini Tummy Tuck Which is Through the Belly Button?

The topic of Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) surgery is extensive and literally fills textbooks. Let's assume that our goal is to produce the BEST possible cosmetic results ; a nice flat tummy with a narrower waist and to raise sagging Mons pubis and thighs in the process. As surgeons our ability to produce a great result depends on what our patients literally bring to the table. (Just like a great meal depends not only on the cook's skills but on the freshness and quality of the... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Mini or full tummy tuck?

In my opinion, the mini tummy talk is an operation that produces very limited results and is very rarely indicated. It involves a shorter incision but does not address the majority of the abdominal wall issues present for most patients who present consultation. For example, the area of skin excised is quite small. The abdominal wall musculature is addressed below the umbilicus leaving the upper number wall potentially lax. The appearance of the umbilicus is not necessarily... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Mini vs regular tummy tuck

Hello, The biggest difference between a mini vs a full or regular tummy tuck is the belly button. In a full tummy tuck the belly buttton is circumscribe or cut around and then brought back through the abdominal skin while a mini tummy tuck it is left alone with or without detaching the stalk from the abdominal wall. Think of a mini tummy tuck as one type of abdominal contouring procedure in a spectrum a procedures with increasing amount of excess skin to be... more