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Recovery After a Tummy Tuck
An abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, can be an effective surgical procedure intended to firm and flatten your abdominal muscles. There is no guarantee you will not gain the weight right back, however. The tummy tuck is not a weight loss procedure; that is the territory of diet and exercise. If you want to avoid gaining weight after the procedure, you will need to maintain a healthy diet and stick with a program of regular exercise, as recommended by your plastic surgeon. Not only will a healthy lifestyle prevent you from regaining the weight, but it will help you heal more quickly and tone the muscles damaged by the surgery.
Tummy Tuck and Exercise
Just because you’ve had a tummy tuck, don’t assume you don’t need to exercise afterward. It is vital to maintaining tummy tuck results and your new, svelte figure. Even if you didn’t exercise regularly before you had the procedure, you should exercise regularly afterward. Exercise will help reduce swelling, tone muscles, and reduce the odds of blood clots forming. To sum up, if you want to keep looking good after a tummy tuck, exercise and eat right.
Types of Tummy Tucks
Tummy tuck procedures vary in scope. They are frequently divided into categories based on the comprehensiveness of the procedure. A complete tummy tuck can take one to five hours. A partial tummy tuck, or mini-tuck, normally can be finished in an hour or two.
Complete Tummy Tuck
The procedure for a complete Tummy tuck normally starts with an incision made from hip to hip just above the pubic area. Then, another one is made to free the navel from the surrounding skin. The skin is then detached from the abdominal wall to reveal the muscles and fascia to be tightened. The muscle fascia wall is tightened with sutures.
Partial Tummy Tuck
A partial, or mini, tummy tuck uses smaller incisions. The skin and fat of the lower abdomen are detached in a more limited manner from the muscle fascia. Then the skin is stretched down and excess skin removed.
Extended Tummy Tuck
An extended tummy tuck is a complete abdominoplasty that includes even the fronts of the thighs and flanks (sides). There are also combination procedures, and a tummy tuck can be combined with liposuction contouring, breast reduction, breast lift, and occasionally hysterectomy, depending on the reason for the hysterectomy.
An tummy tuck may be an effective way to improve the looks of your abdomen, but bear in mind that it is a substantial surgical procedure and such procedures invariably involve an element of risk.
