Abdominoplasty

What is abdominoplasty?

It is a surgery that the results can be foreseen in the body shaping, and the skin and the excess areas of the fat are corrected by giving shape to the muscles. The technique has the potential to reach the aesthetic results of which all other devices cannot reach the results for non-surgical tightening and giving shape to the fat tissues.

Abdominoplasty is required especially for fat clusters and skin sagging which are not removed/fixed around the abdomen after multiple births, and for sudden weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy depending on heavy exercises. The correction of this problem which is accompanied by muscle relaxation, umbilical hernia, asymmetric fat clusters, skin sagging and stretch marks, provides both physical and psychological recovery and comfort.

Abdominoplasty

Abdominoplasty surgeries often require fat shaping to the surrounding tissues according to the holistic approach. For this purpose, in the abdominoplasty;

1. The abdomen is reshaped
2. Excess fat is extracted
3. The wrinkled skin with cracks is removed
4. Excess fat in the lumbar region or fat swelling under the caesarean section line are shaped by liposuction.
5. (If any) umbilical hernia is repaired
6. Abdominal muscles are put together in the middle line, are reinforced and if desired, the abdominal walls are stretched with sutures providing physical reduction.

What should be considered before abdominoplasty?

One of the most important features in the preoperative examination is the reduction of body fat and fat reduction in patients under 40 years of age, who try to lose weight and do exercises, and the apparent wrinkles in the skin and stretch marks because of persistent abdominal fat. The ideal approach for these patients is vaser liposuction procedure to the surrounding tissues along with abdominoplasty.

Expertise; It is the skill and competence to deal with an unexpected problem related to the subject or work/job rather than doing it. Therefore, a complete patient medical examination, rapid technique – safe surgery and postoperative medical examination are required before long-lasting operations. The use of pneumatic compression socks in patients with overweight, who have smoking and varicose vein problem, the early walking after the surgery, the use of blood thinner drugs in patients with risk are the safety standards that will prevent the development of many complications.

How long does abdominoplasty take?

The surgery takes about 3 hours and is performed in the general hospital. The patient stays in hospital for 1 day and is discharged by taking out drains placed. It is recommended to wear compressive abdominal corset for the first 3 weeks during recovery period. At the end of 1 week, the patient can start light exercise such as walking and at the end of 4^th week, the patient can start heavy exercises such as swimming and weight lifting.

What does abdominoplasty provide?

Obesity is an increasing problem in the society, which is more crucial than cancer for the life. Many reasons such as physical inactivity, irregular eating habit, genetic factors, insufficient sleep, smoking, and stress cause people to unhealthy weight. In order to reduce these cumulative problems, Abdominoplasty surgeries are supplementary procedures in order to correct sequels by taking over the process from the point that you can reach through exercise, sports, diets.

Limited abdominoplasty: Only excess fat and skin around abdominal area are shaped. In this procedure, muscle and abdominal shaping are not performed. It is most often performed to fat clusters under the abdominal area in young patients who do exercise and do not have weight problems in the period following the physiological excess weight gain and sudden weight loss such as pregnancy. The common characteristics of these patients are that their general body mass indexes are normal and they have muscular structure but loose skin.

The regional lipoidosis in male under 60 years of age can caused by dangerous visceral adiposity and bowel laziness which is called abdominal adiposity. In case of continue to drinking too much alcohol, physical inactivity and malnutrition, the abdominoplasty is not solution for the problem. The treatment will provide results in these patients as a result of proper nutrition/diet, sport, stop drinking alcohol

Love Handle & Adonis

It is the name of the lower abdominal wall muscle in male. Anatomically, there is no muscle in this name, but the appearance of this area muscles (m. external obliques) has been associated with ancient Greek god, Adonis. It means that the more this muscle is apparent in male, the more that person is healthy, productive and strong. The more this muscle is distinct and fat/adipose, the more that person is unhealthy and weak. Historically, many painters and sculptors working on the human figure have used the rectus muscles (six pack) in the abdominal area and abdominal muscle which is called Adonis in their artworks.

Nowadays, the fat thickness (love handle) and lumbar diameter of a person may be considered as a good references for the health measure. In brief, in the light of all these references, the excess fat in the lumbar area in male indicates unhealthy and weak body, and the apparent muscular structure in this area (Adonis) indicates healthy, attractive and strong body. Vaser Hi-Def procedures are advanced liposuction procedures to provide muscle appearance/apparent muscular structure along with fat extraction simultaneously.