Before and after abdominoplasty in a 44 year old mother. She had huge babies and underwent massive swings in her weight during her three pregnancies. Her abdomen was completely stretched out and devoid of normal tone and form. Her stretch marks extended above her belly button and down her thighs. She wanted to be able to wear normal pants and exercise “without having to strap down her loose skin”!
Her post-weight loss and Mommy Makeover included an abdominoplasty and liposuction of her abdomen, flanks, pubic region and upper inner thighs. Massive amounts of excess skin were removed, including many (but not all) of her stretch marks.
In general, stretch marks between the pubic hair and the belly button are removed in a tummy tuck. If they extend above the navel, on the thighs or around the sides of the torso, they will remain after this Plastic Surgery procedure.
Her abdominal muscles were repaired in the midline, her abdominal skin was pulled tightly downward, and her belly button was brought out through a new skin opening (like bringing a button through a button hole). Liposuction completed her procedure. A breast lift and augmentation was performed at the same time.
Early follow up photos are shown just two months after surgery. She is wearing compression garments, as evidenced by lines in her skin created by residual swelling and seams of her garment. She has started scar therapy and returned to work. She “feels normal!” Over the next year, her scars will fade and residual swelling will be reabsorbed. What a transformation!
*All photos are actual patient photographs and are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results may vary.
