Tummy Problems?

By Author: Terry Bayer
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Sagging skin, large belly, and rippled stomach: These are but few of the most compelling reasons to have a tummy tuck. Some of the best candidates for this surgical procedure include people who have been obese all their lives, people who have lost a considerable amount of weight, and women who have had multiple pregnancies.

Like any cosmetic surgery procedure done in Los Angeles, the primary aim of abdominoplasty (commonly known as tummy tuck) is to improve a person's physical appearance. However, it can serve either (or both) aesthetic and reconstructive purposes.

Abdominoplasty dates back to 1899 when H.A. Kelly performed an abdominal dermolipectomy (removal of excess abdominal skin and fat through plastic surgery) on a patient and wrote a groundbreaking report on the procedure published in 1910. Exactly a century later, abdominoplasty has now become the fourth most common plastic surgery procedure that people go under the knife for, according to PlasticSurgerySpot.com.

A tummy tuck involves making an incision across the lower abdominal area, tightening and contouring the abdominal muscles, removing excess ...
... skin, and finally, stitching back the skin into place. General anesthesia is often administered on a patient. Recovery time varies from one to four weeks depending on the surgery technique/s used by the doctor, the extent of the problem, and so on.

There are several benefits to having abdominoplasty. Los Angeles, for example, with its reputation as one of America's vainest cities, is inhabited by people who go for tummy tuck procedures to improve their physical appearance, seeing that the procedure involves eliminating excess skin in the belly to create a better silhouette. It also stretches the sagging skin hanging on the abdomen to create a younger look.

Using data culled from research made by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Forbes Magazine states that there were 4.1 plastic surgeons for every 100.000 people in Los Angeles, CA in 2007 (latest data show the same numbers), any one of whom can perform abdominoplasty. Los Angeles has a total of at least 384 plastic surgeons spread out across the city.

Post-tummy tuck fat can go back if a person slacks on his/her diet and exercise. With proper care and exercise, it is perfectly possible to maintain weight loss and tightness of the abdominal skin brought about by abdominoplasty. Los Angeles, fortunately, has access to many plastic surgeons.