What is a Mini Tummy Tuck?

Many people often enquire about a mini-tummy tuck.
The first thing to realise is that only a small group of women would benefit from a mini tummy tuck.
The mini-tummy tuck is only suitable for those few women who have a little bit of loose skin in the lower abdominal area – just above the pubic level. It also means that your happy with and don’t need to change the skin around the belly button and upper abdominal region.
The mini-tummy tuck basically removes this excess and loose skin at the very lower abdomen, just above the pubic area.
The scar is often not much larger that a caesarean scar, the belly button is not “moved”, it’s typically a day surgery procedure and usually not associated with any muscle tightening.

A mini tuck is a shorter procedure than a tummy tuck. It involves removing excess skin from the lower abdomen and usually tightening the abdominal wall but not moving the belly button. It is a great procedure in the right candidate, but only a consultation and full exam will allow us to tell if this procedure is right for you. If so, the recovery is shorter and the scar is shorter than a full tummy tuck.

A mini tummy tuck removes a small amount of skin between the belly button and pubic bone. This
limited procedure will benefit patients who have a loose
lower abdominal skin . It is not designed to help or
improve excess looseness or fullness above the belly button
. Due
to this limitation a mini tummy tuck procedure is only
indicated for carefully selected patients with minimal
deformity .