{"id":16070,"date":"2020-07-27T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T20:43:55","slug":"best-tummy-tuck-before-and-after-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/best-tummy-tuck-before-and-after-details","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly to Look for in Tummy Tuck Before-and-Afters: Plastic Surgeons Say the Best Outcomes Have 3 Things in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shape-shifting transformations that take place within the cocoon of an OR, tummy tucks<\/a> are among the more metamorphic experiences in plastic surgery. But sometimes the striking absence of fat and flesh in an abdominoplasty “after” photo can blind us to the subtler nuances of the procedure—the carefully contrived details that are key to next-level outcomes. <\/p>

While skin tailoring and muscle tightening have long defined the traditional tummy tuck, plastic surgeons of the past rarely obsessed over the proportions of one’s navel or the discreet contours of the abdomen, our experts say. Over time, this collective inattention to particulars gave rise to today’s telltale signs of the surgery: “a big, round, mouth-looking belly button and a drum-tight tummy—these are dead giveaways of the procedure,” asserts Dr. Jacob Unger<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Nashville.<\/p>

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In recent years, research has illuminated ways to safely enhance the results of a tummy tuck. Surgeons have refined their techniques. They’ve finessed incisions to downplay scars. And the tummy tuck has evolved considerably as a result, “becoming much more of a 360 treatment of the entire torso,” says Dr. Nina Naidu<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City.<\/p>

So next time you’re scanning the before and after photos on a surgeon’s grid or in their gallery, go ahead and marvel at the big-picture results but be sure to note the finer aspects as well— particularly these three, which surgeons insist are the hallmarks of a modern tummy tuck.<\/p>

A low and inconspicuous scar<\/h2>

“An ideal scar heals as a fine line low in the underwear—usually just above or slightly within the pubic hair,” explains Dr. David Sieber<\/a>, a board-certified plastic surgeon in San Francisco. The goal, of course, is for it to be out of sight when the patient pulls on a not-too-skimpy pair of underwear or a standard bikini bottom—which is no small feat, considering the average tummy tuck patient is sliced from hip bone to hip bone.<\/p>

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