Review techniques abdominoplasty

The choice of technique depends on abdominoplasty, you need to remove the fat, tighten muscles or skin, or do it all at once. The patient should be involved in the choice of technology and understand the differences between different types of abdominoplasty.

Endoscopic abdominoplasty

Endoscopic tummy tuck is for those who have weakened muscles of the lower abdomen, there is excess fat deposits, but who remains quite resilient. With this technique you can not tighten sagging skin of the abdomen.

This type of abdominoplasty performed using a small camera - endoscope, and more delicate surgical instruments which are introduced into the skin through small incisions. With their help, the surgeon tightens the muscles and fascia, and then conducts liposuction to remove the fat, then the incision is closed.

Although this is not as invasive surgery is complete abdominoplasty recovery period thereafter, during which the patient must remain under medical supervision it takes at least several days. During this period, the weld is a special device which prevents fluid retention in the tissues. Otherwise, fluid retention may lead to pressure on the joints and other complications.

Some studies suggest that endoscopic abdominoplasty is more effective for men with diastasis recti than for women. However, regardless of gender, patients with sufficiently elastic skin and abdominal muscle weakness most often suggested this kind of operation.

Partial abdominoplasty

This type of abdominoplasty recommended in cases where the patient needs only to remove excess fat and skin without pulling muscles. Usually, after such an operation are relatively small scars, and it is considered the most restrictive option after endoscopic abdominoplasty.

Dermolipectomy

Dermolipectomy - is the removal of excess fat and skin, simultaneously with the transfer of the navel. Muscles during this operation does not shrink. Dermolipectomy suitable for patients whose skin on the abdomen is stretched more than those interested in a partial abdominoplasty. This operation is often administered to patients who on the abdomen formed a large amount of excess skin after significant weight loss.

Full abdominoplasty

This most invasive form of abdominoplasty is recommended for people with very stretched and weakened abdominal muscles and a large amount of fat and skin folds.

Often, this operation causes pain, swelling and bruising - this is due to the fact that in the course of a full abdominoplasty remove a lot of tissue, changing their location, after which the body has to spend a lot of effort on their healing.

During surgery, the surgeon makes an incision across the lower abdomen, just above the pubic bone, usually - from hip to hip. Then the skin and fat are removed from the abdominal muscles up to the lower part of the thorax. The incision is made around the navel and under which normally remove all fat.

Then, the fascia and the rectus abdominis shrink - it is folded along the center of the fascia of the abdominal cavity and sew. As a result, muscles are also close to each other as they must be normal. Skin located above the navel, pull down, toward the pubic bone. In this new skin is cut. The skin is sutured to the tissues around the navel. Typically, sutures are placed under one or two surgical aspirator to be withdrawn from the liquid into the tissue within a few days. As a rule, they are introduced through a small incision above the pubic bone.

Reverse abdominoplasty

It is not very common type of abdominoplasty. It can be used in conjunction with surgery to reduce or breast lift, as well as highly stretched skin above the navel. An incision is made under the breasts it has the shape of an inverted V. A skin during such an operation does not pull down as during normal abdominoplasty and upwards. Excess skin and fat are removed and the incision sutured, as usual. Diastasis recti can be adjusted by means of such an operation, but only a few surgeons use it for this purpose.

Vertical abdominoplasty

This technique combines cuts across the lower abdomen and a vertical incision in the middle of the abdomen. This surgery is usually recommended for people who need to remove a large amount of skin and tighten the muscles and fascia around the waist.

Abdominal Liposuction

If the patient's skin is elastic enough and the only significant problem is the deposition of fat in the abdomen, abdominal liposuction can help reduce the size of the stomach.

Liposuction - a surgical technique of fat removal by suction. Special tools for liposuction introduced certain places via one or more notches. First, the subcutaneous fat using mechanical or ultrasonic treatment several liquefied and then suctioned off.

Patients who are considering liposuction as a means of getting rid of belly fat, it should be remembered that without proper nutrition Proper nutrition: I stopped eating at night   and sports, this operation would have only a temporary effect.

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