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Will Laser Skin Tighten Help My Abdomen After Kids? (photo)

asked 6 months ago by c25tiffany in Northern Michigan
Latest answer by J. Jason Wendel, MD
Question viewed 617 times
Tags: abdomen, options, tightening, wrinkling skin

Hi, i'm almost to my ideal weight( pre babies) my stomach keeps looking worse. I have this wrinkle skin above my belly button. I have twin boys and a daughter 16 months apart! I'm 5''4 124 lbs. Seems like the more weight I lose the worse my stomach is looking. Help plz. My skin feels like it got wriped away from my muscle . :( Is ther a chance it will reconnect on its own? but when I put up it goes back to normal :)

12 answers to Will Laser Skin Tighten Help My Abdomen After Kids? (photo)

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Laser skin tight versus tummy tuck

The amount of tightening you will get from Laser skin tightening will be modest at best. I don't think that treatments like Thermage or Exilis will adequately treat this either. In order to get the most benefit for your effort, a tummy tuck will address the skin laxity, especially around your belly button. I know that this may not be what you want to hear. However, scars fade in time and the only way to get rid of that skin is surgical removal. I hope this helps. more
J. Jason Wendel, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon
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Loose abdominal skin and stretched abdominal wall...no laser will improve this

As you can see, we all agree that no laser can improve the sagging skin and stretched abdominal wall after childbirth. If the skin and fascia does not retract to the pre-pregnancy appearence by a year, it will not ever retract. Only a full abdominoplasty will resolve your problem. I combine my abdominoplasty with dual layer radiofrequency to help stimulate collagen just under the skin.
Jacob Freiman, MD

Miami Beach Plastic Surgeon
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The best option for management of most problems is always the one that reverses the cause of the problem...

Hi there- I have had many patients like yourself over the years, and would bet that when you are not sucking in and your abdominal muscles are completely relaxed, your abdomen is a bit more round than in these photos and that the wrinkled skin appears less so... because the skin and the underlying muscle necessarily interact. In other words, the changes your body experienced as a result of your pregnancies are the same ones most women experience (although in the big scheme of things,... more
Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon
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Some improvement can be achieved but perhaps not enough for satisfaction

It appears that you have worked hard to get most of your figure back following a twin pregnancy. Unfortunately no amount of exercise will result in the damaged and lax skin looking smooth again. With a consultation a Plastic Surgeon would be able to show you how to surgically tighten the abdominal skin and underlying muscle with a "Tummy Tuck". In selected patients, a "reverse tummy tuck" can be a good option. I reserve this to patients just like you that are at or... more
Mathew C. Mosher, MD

Vancouver Plastic Surgeon
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Reverse Abdominoplasty and other variations on Abdominoplasty

I agree with the opinion that purported skin tightening devices would not succeed here. A traditional abdominoplasty would be a good option, and the laxity of your skin above the belly button should allow for an acceptably low transverse (hip to hip) scar. If you can accept a small vertical (up and down) scar just above the transverse scar, transverse scar height would definitely not be a problem. A second option to consider is a reverse abdominoplasty, in which the... more
Michael Kreidstein, MD

Toronto Plastic Surgeon
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Will Laser Skin Tighten Help My Abdomen After Kids? (photo)

Based upon your so kindly posted photos my guess is no. Sorry but very hard to recommend laser lipo or any skin tightener in your case.
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Laser does not tighten skin

You have excess lax skin that will not respond to laser, ultrasound, radiofrequency or any other 'latests and greatest' gadget out there. Only a removal of the excess skin will help you. Unfortunately it appears your skin excess is limited to the area above the belly which means a tummy tuck would leave you with a scar that would be sitting too high for my liking. However, without a proper physical examination it is impossible to make any definitive conclusions... more
Martin Jugenburg, MD

Toronto Plastic Surgeon
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Laser skin tightening will NOT fix this!

Congratulations on attaining your pre-baby weight; your physique looks great! However, your abdominal skin has been stretched past its inherent elasticity, and weight loss (or liposuction of any type) only further deflates the already-too-lax skin, making it worse. Your skin has not been ripped from its attachments; these attachments have been so stretched that they no longer provide proper support. There is NO laser, RF (radio frequency), ultrasonic, infrared, LED, or combination therapy... more
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Laser abdominal skin tightening

Laser skin tightening has better results in the facial ares and decreases in efficacy as you progress downward in the body. Your photos show lax, over stretched skin that has lost its elastic properties and will not "shrink wrap" with any laser treatment. You would be best served by a tummy tuck.
Ricardo Izquierdo, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Unhappy with lax and wrinkly skin following multiple pregnancies

Your situation is typical following multiple pregnancies. You have lax, crepey skin which appears worse with greater weight loss. This latter issue is due to less fat stretching out the relatively lax and excess skin. Laser treatments will not treat your condition. Instead, consider a procedure that will actually tighten the skin and underlying muscle layer: a tummy tuck. You should seek one or more consultations from board certified plastic surgeons in your area.
Steven Turkeltaub, MD

Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck vs laser tightening

Hello! This is difficult as most of your loose skin is above the belly button. Your resulting incision may be high! Try some radio frequency, fractional, tightening first. If you don't like the results, by all means a tummy tuck, just remember to ask about incision position! Happy surgery! Dr. Jeneby
Thomas T. Jeneby, MD

San Antonio Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck Surgery Candidate.

Thank you for the question and pictures. Based on the history ( especially having had a twin pregnancy) and your pictures you are an ideal candidate for tummy tuck surgery. Unfortunately you will not have a satisfactory results with laser skin tightening or liposuction surgery. This procedure will serve to remove the loose skin and tighten up the abdominal wall muscles that have undoubtedly spread with the twin pregnancy. It would be in your best interest to be... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

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