The trunk area or midsection is very resistant to exercise and diet, and many people tend to store fat around these areas. Stubborn pouches of fat can ruin the overall appearance and reduce self-confidence.
Who is a Candidate for Tummy Tuck Surgery?
As with most cosmetic plastic surgery, patients must be in good health and have stabilized any other medical condition such as high blood pressure. In performing tummy tuck surgery at his Miami practice, Dr. Lampert puts the safety of his patients above all else. In this regard, he will ensure that his patients are ready for cosmetic surgery. Tummy tuck procedures are extremely rewarding in patients who have areas of skin laxity or skin excess that cannot be adequately treated with exercise. Exercise can help build muscle, but it will not help tighten skin, and frequently patients are frustrated with skin laxity problems that do not improve despite vigorous workouts. With these patients, simple surgical correction of the skin excess utilizing a well-performed tummy tuck can be life-changing.
Many tummy tuck candidates have wide muscle separation, which creates a "beer belly" appearance that also cannot be corrected despite a dedicated workout schedule. For these patients, tightening the abdominal wall musculature can frequently correct this problem and allow a fantastic improvement in not only aesthetic harmony but also the patient's underlying muscular-skeletal support. Good muscle repair is very important, not just to flatten the tummy and set the abdominal frame but also from a physiological standpoint. In an Australian study, 214 women who underwent rectus plication (muscle-tightening) during abdominoplasty after childbirth had significant improvements in symptoms of lower back pain and urinary incontinence. (Taylor DA, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018.)