Following two kids I did cool sculpting, exilis 360, and cool tone. I am still unhappy with abdomen. Considering a mini/full tuck or lipo. Worried about skin laxity. The skin above my belly button wrinkles - it feels as if my belly button should be up by an inch. Suggestions for best options for an hourglass waist, tight skin, and less fat?
Answer: Best options for hourglass waist, tight skin, and less fat? Thank you for your question and series of photographs. Nothing replaces an in-person examination, but I think you would most benefit from a full tummy tuck and liposuction of your waist and flanks. The tummy tuck will tighten your stomach muscles, helping to achieve a flatter appearance, while removing excess skin and adipose tissue. Liposuction can be used to enhance your tummy tuck results by narrowing your waist and removing isolated areas of diet and exercise resistant fat. I would favor the full approach because it appears that your skin and muscle laxity is present above and below your belly button. Hope that this helps
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Answer: Best options for hourglass waist, tight skin, and less fat? Thank you for your question and series of photographs. Nothing replaces an in-person examination, but I think you would most benefit from a full tummy tuck and liposuction of your waist and flanks. The tummy tuck will tighten your stomach muscles, helping to achieve a flatter appearance, while removing excess skin and adipose tissue. Liposuction can be used to enhance your tummy tuck results by narrowing your waist and removing isolated areas of diet and exercise resistant fat. I would favor the full approach because it appears that your skin and muscle laxity is present above and below your belly button. Hope that this helps
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Answer: How You Can Achieve The Hourglass Waist That You Desire Thank you for your question regarding how to get the best abdomen with an hourglass shape. Thank you for submitting your pictures. First, let's analyze your history and pictures: based on your history, you've already exhausted the conservative measures to improve your abdomen. Analyzing your pictures, you have stretch marks, loose skin, and abdominal muscle laxity. In my opinion, further removal of fat will just leave more excess hanging skin, Also, further removal of fat does nothing for the weak and underlying muscles due to your prior pregnancies. In my opinion, your best result would be obtained with a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty. An incision is made low on the abdomen, tissue dissection is carried up to the belly button and up to the rib cage. The muscles are plicated and flattened. The excess skin and fat is removed from just above the pubic region to the belly button. Also, skin and fat can be removed from the pubic region. Therefore with the tummy tuck, skin and fat are removed, the rectus abdominus muscles are plicated, and the belly button is reestablished. None of these maneuvers are achieved with liposuction except for fat removal. I would advise you to stop wasting your time and money on treatments that don't work and undergo the treatment that does work for your abdomen, namely a tummy tuck. I hope this information helps you to reach the conclusion that you need a tummy tuck. Thank you for your question and good luck.
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Answer: How You Can Achieve The Hourglass Waist That You Desire Thank you for your question regarding how to get the best abdomen with an hourglass shape. Thank you for submitting your pictures. First, let's analyze your history and pictures: based on your history, you've already exhausted the conservative measures to improve your abdomen. Analyzing your pictures, you have stretch marks, loose skin, and abdominal muscle laxity. In my opinion, further removal of fat will just leave more excess hanging skin, Also, further removal of fat does nothing for the weak and underlying muscles due to your prior pregnancies. In my opinion, your best result would be obtained with a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty. An incision is made low on the abdomen, tissue dissection is carried up to the belly button and up to the rib cage. The muscles are plicated and flattened. The excess skin and fat is removed from just above the pubic region to the belly button. Also, skin and fat can be removed from the pubic region. Therefore with the tummy tuck, skin and fat are removed, the rectus abdominus muscles are plicated, and the belly button is reestablished. None of these maneuvers are achieved with liposuction except for fat removal. I would advise you to stop wasting your time and money on treatments that don't work and undergo the treatment that does work for your abdomen, namely a tummy tuck. I hope this information helps you to reach the conclusion that you need a tummy tuck. Thank you for your question and good luck.
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February 24, 2022
Answer: Tummy Tuck To achieve the best results, I would suggest a full tummy tuck with liposuction 360 and muscle repair. This will help you achieve the hour glass shape and remove excess skin and fat. I would recommend seeing a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your results. Good luck!
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February 24, 2022
Answer: Tummy Tuck To achieve the best results, I would suggest a full tummy tuck with liposuction 360 and muscle repair. This will help you achieve the hour glass shape and remove excess skin and fat. I would recommend seeing a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your results. Good luck!
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February 22, 2022
Answer: Considering options From your photos it appears you are a good candidate for a full tummy tuck with liposuction for contouring. This will remove excess fat and skin as well as correct abdominal wall laxity. This should give you a flatter, tighter tummy and enhance the curves you are wanting. See a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation to learn more.
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February 22, 2022
Answer: Considering options From your photos it appears you are a good candidate for a full tummy tuck with liposuction for contouring. This will remove excess fat and skin as well as correct abdominal wall laxity. This should give you a flatter, tighter tummy and enhance the curves you are wanting. See a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation to learn more.
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February 21, 2022
Answer: Full tummy tuck Loose skin can be removed with a tummy tuck. A full tummy tuck would remove excess fat and tighten loose skin in the areas above and below your belly button. Abdominal muscle separation can also be corrected at the same time. Combined with possible liposuction of your sides, you may be able to achieve more of an hourglass figure.
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February 21, 2022
Answer: Full tummy tuck Loose skin can be removed with a tummy tuck. A full tummy tuck would remove excess fat and tighten loose skin in the areas above and below your belly button. Abdominal muscle separation can also be corrected at the same time. Combined with possible liposuction of your sides, you may be able to achieve more of an hourglass figure.
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February 16, 2022
Answer: Full TT is your best option Hello! Your photos indicate that there is skin laxity, excess volume, and outpoutching of the abdominal wall - all that suggest that you would benefit from a full TT. It is unfortunate that you have spent money on procedures (Cool Sculpting, Exilis 360, and Cool Tone) that were not likely to really impact you and get you to your ultimate goal. A Full TT will release the skin above your belly button and allow for abdominal wall tightening from the upper abdomen to the pubis. It is going to give you the most mid-abdominal tightening. It also allows the upper abdominal skin to be pulled down and consequently the lower abdominal skin is maximally removed. I do not think a Mini TT will help very helpful for you. A Mini TT goes from the pubis to the umbilicus (generally). The abdominal wall is tightened from the belly button down to the pubis and only the excess skin of the lower abdomen is removed. In your photos, you have excess skin ABOVE the belly button. You also have a little depression ABOVE the belly button which suggests the muscle separation (diasthasis) extends higher. Liposuction will only address the fat and will leave skin hanging. For these reasons, I think you will benefit more from a full tummy tuck. Best of luck! Jules A Feledy, Jr, MD American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgery
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February 16, 2022
Answer: Full TT is your best option Hello! Your photos indicate that there is skin laxity, excess volume, and outpoutching of the abdominal wall - all that suggest that you would benefit from a full TT. It is unfortunate that you have spent money on procedures (Cool Sculpting, Exilis 360, and Cool Tone) that were not likely to really impact you and get you to your ultimate goal. A Full TT will release the skin above your belly button and allow for abdominal wall tightening from the upper abdomen to the pubis. It is going to give you the most mid-abdominal tightening. It also allows the upper abdominal skin to be pulled down and consequently the lower abdominal skin is maximally removed. I do not think a Mini TT will help very helpful for you. A Mini TT goes from the pubis to the umbilicus (generally). The abdominal wall is tightened from the belly button down to the pubis and only the excess skin of the lower abdomen is removed. In your photos, you have excess skin ABOVE the belly button. You also have a little depression ABOVE the belly button which suggests the muscle separation (diasthasis) extends higher. Liposuction will only address the fat and will leave skin hanging. For these reasons, I think you will benefit more from a full tummy tuck. Best of luck! Jules A Feledy, Jr, MD American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgery
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