Mini-Tummy Tuck and Liposuction

It is quite common for women to present in our office who have lower abdominal laxity as well as localized deposits of fat around the abdomen. Often these women do not wish to undergo a full abdominoplasty and would rather keep their scars to a minimum.

Often patients may have a prior cesarean section scar that can be used to gain access to the lower abdominal muscles that need to be tightened. Often these scars can be revised at the same time that the lower abdominal muscles are tightened.

Liposuction can commonly be performed at the same time that the lower abdominal muscles are tightened to remove fat from the upper abdomen, the flanks, the lower back, and bra fat.

The photograph above demonstrates before and after photographs of a patient after “mini-tummy tuck” and liposuction of the abdomen, flanks, lower back, and bra fat.

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Abdominoplasty & Liposuction

The type of "body habitus" or body shape the patient presents with allows different techniques of abdominoplasties to be performed. For example if there is very little loosening of the muscles of the abdominal wall, then there is little muscle tightening to be done.

However, if there is a larger than normal deposits of fat in the anterior abdominal wall, then these patients are candidates for liposuction in combination with their tummy tuck. In these cases, if liposuction is performed, than a majority of the blood supply to the abdominal wall skin and fat remains intact. There is little subcutaneous undermining. Because there is no muscle tightening, then the recovery process tends to be very quick. Patients are required to wear an abdominal binder for 4 weeks post-operatively.

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