Tummy Tuck: Getting Rid of the Excess

Dieting and losing weight for a healthier life is a great idea. Training yourself to recognize and absorb the foods that are good for you and how much of each food is the best way to maintain a healthy lifestyle are important to prolonging your own life and making the most of it. Unfortunately, if you've been overweight for a while then you'll have to contest with a stomach that might not necessarily want to cooperate. Oh, you might lose the fat with little problem, but the flab will still remain. Why? Your skin is stretched and it won't necessarily conform to your new figure as easily as you want it to. There is a solution for the pouch that you've discovered won't go away. You can have a tummy tuck.

Sure, you may have heard of a tummy tuck, but that is something that new mothers do to regain their once slender figure after having a bunch of kids, isn't it? It is, but that is not the only reason for this procedure. Anyone, male or female, can have this type of procedure performed. It is also very useful for those who have lost a lot of weight, especially if that weight has been lost rapidly. So it doesn't matter who you are or how old you are, if there's an excess of skin overlapping your stomach, you will likely benefit from this procedure.

A tummy tuck is a relatively simple procedure. The incision is made along the pelvic line, easily concealed by your underwear's waist band. From there, your plastic surgeon frees the skin from the underlying tissue, then removes and redistributes some of the fat to reinforce any weak or damaged muscles. The muscle step would be helpful to those women who have had multiple pregnancies. The surgeon will then pull the skin tight, remove the excess skin and close the incision. Relatively simple, relatively quick and it is an easy way to get rid of that flap.

When you are considering a tummy tuck, it's important to have realistic expectations. This is true not just of this procedure but of all cosmetic procedures. You may not gain a six pack by having this procedure done, but you will be able to have a flatter, tighter stomach. You need to be in relatively good health and be able to heal easily after a surgery. Being in poor health or not healing easily after surgery could lead to further complications that you don't need. If you are unsure if you are a good candidate for this type of surgery, then speak with either your general practitioner or your plastic surgeon to be certain.

Losing the weight was the best thing you could do for yourself. You've done it to be healthier and to live a better quality of life. Your decision was a good one and don't ever doubt that it was. Now it's time to get the rest of your body where it needs to be: it's time to have a tummy tuck so that you can proudly show off all the hard work you accomplished.