Thermage for Tightening Loose Tummy Skin?

asked 2 years ago by mom2boys0409 in Leola,pa
Latest answer by Richard Baxter, MD
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Tags: wrinkles, sagging, loose, skin

Is Thermage a bad decision for tightening up loose skin on my tummy? I'm 20 yrs old and had 2 kids. My stomach has loose wrinkly skin and some sagging.

I'm trying to find out what my best option would be. I didn't want to have to undergo any serious surgery or anything. I don't know how I could handle that. I want to look good while I'm still young.

2 answers to Thermage for Tightening Loose Tummy Skin?

Options for tightening skin after pregnancy

The first thing you need to know is that Thermage is not a nonsurgical tummy tuck, because the tummy tuck procedure tightens the muscle wall that has been stretched out. (Exercise will not bring the muscles back into position.) However, if you are looking for a nonsurgical alternative and willing to accept less results, Thermage is probably your best option. It does seem to work better on younger patients so I would expect your results to be better than average.

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Loose Abdominal Skin: Thermage vs. Tummy Tuck

Unless you are a superwoman from a far away planet, the mere physical fact you carried two babies to full term, means that to do so you had to have had an extreme stretching of your anterior abdominal wall. That means that to allow your uterus to expand with the growing babies, your six pack (rectus) muscles were stretched AND pulled apart sideways from one another, some laxity between the side muscles (ie the transversus abdominis, internal and external obliques and the six pack muscles... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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