What is the Best Non Surgical Procedure to Remove my Pouch and Stomach Fat from 3 C-sections?

Working on weight lost but really want my stomach flat again and my pouch gone.....what can I do?

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What is the Best Non Surgical Procedure to Remove my Pouch and Stomach Fat

A photo is needed to answer this properly. If the pouch is excess skin, nothing but removing the excess surgically will be effective. If it is mostly fat, diet and exercise. External fat removal devices may give modest improvement. If it is laxity of the abdominal wall, again, surgery will be your only option. When you ready for an in person consultation, RealSelf has listings of surgeons in your area. You should consider cross referencing the listings from the The American Society... more

Non -Surgical Abdominal Contouring

There are modest gains that can be accomplished given your history. Exercise, diet and Cool Sculpt would be a good start. Cool Sculpt removes fat by lowering the temperature in the problem areas. The underlying fat dissolves over the course of months and the skin tightens. You can expect about a 15-20% reduction of fat per area treated. However, after 3 pregnancies, you probably have at least a few stretch marks. These decrease the skin's ability to... more

Alternative To Abdominoplasty

Exercise and weight loss are an important component in the revitalization of your body after pregnancy. Removal of the fat can be accomplished by several methods. Coolsculpting, which freezes the unwanted fat cells and Liposonix, an ultrasound device that heats fat so that it will melt away. Both of these techniques have little or no recovery time. They are very effective for patients who regularly exercise and cannot seem to loose that little bit of fat from isolated regions. They are not... more

Non-surgical treatment of the abdomen

Thank you for your question. Many of the changes that happen to the belly after pregnancy are not well treated by non-surgical methods. If there is muscle laxity or loss of skin elasticity, a tummy-tuck is a better solution. If your desire is to treat areas of unwanted fat, Coolsculpt is probably the best option. It uses a technique called cryolipolysis to remove roughly 20%of the fat in the treated area. The best part is that there is no recovery. All of the other options... more