This patient is a Anaheim Hills woman who was post 3 pegnancies and 2 c-sections with concerns of significant loose skin/ stretch marks of upper and lower abdomen A full tummy tuck was appropriate for this patient, given the excess skin in the upper and lower abdomen. The only way to address all of this skin, stretch marks, and muscular laxity (stretching out of abdominal musculature after pregnancies) is to perform a full tummy tuck.

38 year-old Aliso Viejo female pre-op with significant skin redundancy after 2 C-sections.

30 year-old Laguna Beach female pre-op with significant skin redundancy after 3 C-sections.

This is 35 year old Newport Beach female post 2 pregnancies with concerns of loose skin/ muscular laxity, and fullness of lovehandles. Shown 6 months post operative full tummy tuck with liposuction of love handles. In many cases, when I perform a tummy tuck (full or mini), the patients want some additional contouring in the hip/lovehandle region. In many cases, I am able to get a little more balance/ contouring in performing this combination of procedures.

28 year old Anaheim female with significant abdominal skin laxity/stretch marks after having 2 children. Shown 8 months post-operative fully tummy tuck Notice the stretch marks preoperatively. In a full tummy tuck, I am able to remove all of the stretch marks between the belly button and the pubic region (in this case, the patient's C-section scar). The stretch marks above the belly button (preoperatively) are not removed, but they are "stretched", so to speak, as well as moved to a lower...

43 year-old female pre-op with abdominal fullness after 2 children and 1 C-section.