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Why Do Some Women Have Hour Glass Figures After Having Had a Tummy Tuck and Some Women Don't?

asked 8 months ago by Cat in New York in New York, NY
Latest answer by George John Alexander, MD
Question viewed 393 times
Tags: comparison, hourglass, shape

Does this have to do with a woman's body type or the expertise of the surgeon?

11 answers to Why Do Some Women Have Hour Glass Figures After Having Had a Tummy Tuck and Some Women Don't?

Hourglass figure after tummy tuck

The hourglass curve is more a function of the patient's body type to start with than with the surgeon's expertise. Certainly, liposuction can be used as an associated procedure to achieve more of an hourglass appearance but, as a plastic surgeon, the patient's underlying shape/physique is a given.

Robert L. Kraft, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Tummy Tuck - Why Do Some Women Have Hour Glass Figures After Having Had a Tummy Tuck and Some Women Don't?

The final result of plastic surgery - any plastic surgery - depends on the preoperative appearance, the procedure chosen (and the manner in which it is performed) and the patient's own healing process. In the case of the "hourglass" figure after a tummy tuck, this would normally be from restoring the previous appearance in addition to contouring of a few areas (like the hips) that may never have been as contoured. It is virtually impossible to produce a completely... more

Alan Engler, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Muscle repair during abdominoplasty can improve waist definition.

Hi. 1) Of course, a surgeon has to work within the limits of your anatomy. But technique matters. The feminine shape with smaller waist and wider hips can usually be enhanced. 2) The direction and tension of muscle plication (not just diastasis repair) can define the waist. ( In fact, diastasis repair done poorly or on the wrong patient can make the waist look thicker.) And liposuction can help. see video

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Tuck Tuck 3-D

There are several factors that can go into getting that beautiful hourglass figure after an abdominoplasty. A woman's body type is important but the surgical technique can tremendously enhance the waist line. This can be done by performing simultaneous liposuction of the hips and waist in conjunction with the tummy tuck. A tummy tuck is usually very good at flattening the abdominal contour since basically it works by pulling all the skin down and removing the... more

Adam Hamawy, MD
Westchester Plastic Surgeon

Y Do Some Women Have Hr Glass Figures Aftr Having Had a Tummy Tuck&Some Women Don't?

A surgeon can do little tweaks here and there to try and get more of a waist to come out but most of the time it really is the shape of the patient that determines the real waistline…Things like spot liposuction, muscle separation suture techniques or differential tightening at the waist all may help, but its kind of like Rhinoplasty…To a large extent, you are given what you get to work with!!!

John J. Corey, MD
Phoenix Plastic Surgeon

Hour glass figure after tummy tuck?

Your shape following abdominoplasty depends on many factors. The shape of your ribs, compliance of abdominal wall, shape of pelvis, and distance between lower margin of ribs and iliac crest of pelvis are primary contributors to final shape. In general, if you have a very short torso and waist is not narrow from view of the back before surgery, it will be more difficult to narrow your shape to an hourglass. Narrow pelvis also more difficult to achieve hourglass shape. more

Steve Laverson, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

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Hourglass figure after tummy tuck

That's what makes the world go round! It's more the woman's underlying shape though a good plastic surgeon can use some tricks to get closer even with a not-so-ideal body. It's a combination of genes, lifestyle and surgeon.

Ronald Schuster, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

www.drschuster.com

Tummy tuck

Feel how much space you have between the lowest rib in line with your armpit and the top of your pelvic bone in the same line. The more distance you hav,e the more definition you will have with a small waist and broad hips. If, as I see in many patients, you have a very small distance between those two points, then you have no way to get that definition, with or without a tummytuck.

Ronald V. DeMars, MD
Portland Plastic Surgeon

www.drdemarsmd.com

Results After Tummy Tuck Surgery?

Thanks for the question. I think the results of tummy tuck surgery may be related to both the patient's anatomy and the skill/experience level of the plastic surgeon. I think that there are patients who, despite having had a well executed tummy tuck procedure, will not end up with a “hourglass figure” because of their anatomic structure. On the other hand, another patient may end up with the ideal figure after appropriate muscle plication, skin excision... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.poustiplasticsurgery.com

Curves after tummy tuck

Women come in all shapes and sizes! There are many factors that determine a woman’s shape. A woman that has a longer torso and a greater distance between the rib cage and the hip bone, is more likely to have a more “hour glass figure”. Women with a shorter torso may appear to be a bit thicker in the waist.

George John Alexander, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

Body shape and structure with tummy tuck

It seems unfair, though underlying body shape and structure will strongly influence results from tummy tuck. In order to have an hour glass figure, you will need to have the height and bone structure to carry it off. If you are shorter with less narrowing in the waist it is not realistic to think that tummy tuck will get you there. Bummer. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd