Abdominoplasty Surgery. Body Recontouring

Abdominoplasty surgery is one of the more common procedures performed for body contouring. Typically, the scar is marked in a pre-existing crease along the abdomen. During the surgery the skin is raised off of the anterior abdominal wall and the muscle and fascia beneath the skin is recontoured. Often during this time, any hernias around the umbilicus or hernias from prior C-section scars can be repaired and then the fascia of the abdomen tightened on top of the hernia repair. Then the skin is re-draped over the new abdominal contour and any excess skin is removed.

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Muscle Plication and Hernia Repair

It is quite common to see patients in our office who present with a chief complaint of either and umbilical hernia, and incisional hernia from a prior c-section, as well as myofascial weakness. Typically these patients which to undergo repair of their hernia and also have their myofascial weakness repaired at the same time. Quite commonly many women have weakness of their abomdinal wall from prior childbirth. At the time of hernia repair we can also reconstruct the muscles of the abdominal wall to improve the appearance and contour of the abdomen.

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