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Limited Tummy Tucks For Smaller Problems

By: Dr Barry Eppley

Nowhere is the wear and tear of life more apparent than on the female abdomen. Pregnancy, weight fluctuations, and hormonal changes all play havoc with what was once a smooth flat abdomen. Pregnancy is the biggest offender, leaving loose skin, stretch marks, and c-section scars in its wake.

The c-section scar shrinks and pulls in, creating a lower abdominal bulge as the loose skin ends up overhanging the scar. Often stretch marks extend upward from the scar and around the bellybutton as well. Unfortunately, no amount of dieting and exercise will shrink this skin excess and many women can attest to that observation. Abdominoplasty, otherwise known as a tummy tuck, will get rid of this problem but a traditional or full tummy tuck may be a bigger procedure than many women desire to undergo. The long hip to hip scar from a full tummy tuck may not be justified given the smaller amount of skin overhang that exists. Also, full tummy tucks result in belly button scars as the old belly button is brought back up through a new skini location. Despite my best efforts at making belly button scars, I find most of them to be somewhat visible and not completely normal in appearance.

Another option is a smaller tummy tuck version, which I call the Bikini Line Tummy Tuck. With this approach, the length of the resulting scar is shorter but, more importantly, it stays very low. (therefore the name Bikini Line) The scar is put very low as the amount of skin removed is less than a full tummy tuck and the cutout is done below the level of the belly button. The placement of the initial incision is quite low and the amount of skin removed does not usually allow the scar to be pulled up higher during skin closure. (as occurs in a full tummy tuck) In addition, no scar results around the belly button since as it is repositioned lower from underneath the skin before the final skin closure.

While not every woman who has overhanging skin and fat on their abomen is a candidate for the Bikini Line Tummy Tuck, about half of the women that I see are. If the women is not overweight with a small lower abdominal pooch, with or without a c-section scar, she may be an ideal candidate. A scar that fits inside the bikini line but still allows a flat abdomen and a scarless belly button is the result.

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Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, runs a private plastic surgery practice through his medspa locations at Clarian Health in Indianapolis. To learn more about the latest trends in plastic surgery, go to his daily blog, www.exploreplasticsurgery.com .


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