Tummy Tuck Ottawa Ontario This surgery removes excess skin and stretch marks, flattens the abdominal muscles and removes unwanted fat deposits. The need for such surgery is often indicated for women who have had repeated pregnancies, weight loss or gains and for those patients who present with poor muscle tone, secondary to previous abdominal surgical procedures.
Young woman who underwent gastric bypass procedure and lost around 170 lbs. has loose, droopy, fairly empty breasts, lax abdominal skin with a bulging abdomen due to muscle laxity. She underwent breast lift with augmentation using an implant as well as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) as a combined procedure under one anaesthetic. The pictures are only about a week and a half after surgery.
Fit, slim young lady underwent abdominoplasty following 2 pregnancies. Note the movement of the stretch marks from above to below the umbilicus as all the skin below the umbilicus and the pubis was removed and the upper abdominal skin pulled down.
Young, slim, athletic lady with lax abdominal skin due to pregnancies and slight abdominal muscle wall gap repaired with a classical abdominoplasty (tummy tuck).
Combined liposuction of the abdomen and abdominoplasty which involved removing all the skin between the umbilicus and pubis as well as repairing the abdominal muscle laxity. Note the disappearance of the vertical abdominal scar.
61 year old lady with abdominal skin and muscle laxity as well as large pendulous breasts underwent combined liposcution and abdominoplasty as well as breast reduction.
40 year old woman who lost a large amount of weight following gastric bypass surgery and underwent breast reduction and abdominoplasty combined with liposuction. In a subsequent procedure she also had thigh lifts and buttock lift.
Patient who had lost more than 150 lbs. following gastric bypass surgery and underwent several plastic surgical procedures to remove excess skin on arms, thighs and abdomen. She underwent the abdominoplasty and inner thigh lift at the same time.
Moderately overweight lady with a large amount of excess abdominal skin and loose muscle due to multiple pregnancies as well as large, heavy, pendulous breasts. She underwent combined breast reduction, liposuction of the abdomen, waist and back areas with an abdominoplasty removing excess skin and repairing the laxity in the abdominal muscle wall.
Middle-aged lady who had lost a large amount of weight. She has gross skin laxity in the abdomen as well as fairly empty, droopy breasts. She had a combined breast augmentation and lift with an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck). The scars are relatively early in their healing phase.
Combined breast reduction and lift with abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)removing all excess skin as well as agressive correction of abdominal wall muscle laxity. Note how before the surgery the abdomen protrudes beyond the breasts. This is nicely corrected with the combined procedure which flattens the abdomen and elevates and projects the breasts. The scars are very early in their healing process and are therefore reddish. This fades over a year or so.
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