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How Do I Get Rid of the Pouch Left After Pregnancy Weight is Lost?
What are the benefits of having a tummy tuck versus tummy lipo to correct a pregnancy tummy pouch after weight loss?
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Tummy Tuck V. Liposuction for Mommy Makeover
Liposuction is a great procedure for improving the contour of your abdomen and hips if you carry excess weight in that location. A tummy tuck goes further in inproving abdominal shape because it removes stretch marks and excess skins and allows the abdominal wall to be tightened. The decision of which is best for you depends on a number of variables including your preferences and goals for the plastic surgery. If you have a lot of post pregnancy changes then...
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Lipo versus tummy tuck after pregnancy
Liposuction addresses fat and can tighten skill a little. If you have a pouch after pregnancy that hasn't gone away in a year, then it probably won't go away. A tummy tuck is your best bet to tighten the tummy muscles and get rid of the pouch left after pregnancy.
Best of luck. I wish you well.
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Tummy tuck after pregnancy?
Pregnancy stretches skin, muscle, and abdominal connective tissue. Liposuction addresses only fat. Tummy tuck is the preferable choice for restoration of a flat, fit appearing, sexy abdomen.
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Lipo or tummy tuck after pregnancy "pouch"--which is best?
Congratulations on losing your pregnancy weight! Now you have a "pouch" and wonder if liposuction or tummy tuck is needed. This is a very common question, and it occurs because many women have the incorrect notion that liposuction somehow "tightens" the loose skin after excess fat is removed. If the amount of fat is minimal, and the elasticity of the skin still normal or near normal after pregnancy weight loss, then liposuction can provide a nice improvement...
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Abdominal pouch
If you have a pouch after child bearing it is most likely a combination of fat and skin which mnore than likely would be amenable to a tummy tuck. An exam would give a definitive answer.
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Tummy Tuck VS. tummy Lipo to correct pregnancy tummy pooch ("Mommy Tummy")
"The solution" would depend on what makes up YOUR Mommy Tummy or pooch. Generally speaking, pregnancy results in permanent stretching and splitting of the 6 pack muscles AND in permanent stretching and occasionally splitting, of young skin (resulting in the cracks known as stretch marks).
A Full / Standard tummy Tuck - will flatten the tummy, reduce the waist to a more feminine hour glass figure, remove ALL excess skin and depending on the technique can lift a sagging Mons...
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Abdominoplasty vs. liposuction
There are 3 components to the abdominal wall-muscle, fat and skin. What you see from the outside results from these 3 components. Liposuction only affects the fat component. The more the fat component contributes to what you see the more effective liposuction is. If the fat component contributes very little and what you see is due mostly to lax muscle and/or extra skin liposuction will be of little or no benefit. Tummy tuck is the most effective way to address the muscle and skin components....
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Tummy Tuck vs Liposuction after Pregnancy and Weight Loss
In most cases patients, who have had a pregnancy and subsequent weight loss, have three problems contributing to the tummy pouch. First, there can be remaining subcutaneous fat. Second, there often is excess stretched skin. Third, the abdominal wall, made up of the underliying muscles and connective tissue is also stretched. If the problem is solely of excess subcutaneous fat and the tone of the skin and muscles are good, then liposuction alone may be a good...
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Tummy Tuck vs Liposuction
Your question is a very common one. It is important to understand these are two operations with different goals and different results. Think of it as one operation, liposuction, that is less of everything - less money, less scar, less pain, less risk, less recovery and less results. The tummy tuck is more of all these things. That does not mean liposuction is bad, but if you need the tummy tuck, liposuction just won't do the job. The important difference has to do with the skin. If it is...
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Get Rid of Pouch after Pregnancy
If you have loose and hanging skin, liposuction will not help and you should consider a tummy tuck. If the skin is tights and the pouch is mostly fat, liposuction may be an option.
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Tummy Tuck vs. Liposuction after pregnancy
Thank you for your question.
This is a very common question and the way to get the best advice is with a physical examination (or photos). Depending on the age of the patient, the quality of the skin, etc.. different options can be discussed. During pregnancy, the abdominal muscles are stretched out as well as the abdominal skin and the only way to correct muscle laxity and/or damaged skin would be with a tummy tuck.
During the TummyTuck surgery, the abdominal muscles are put...
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