Understanding Abdominoplasty surgery

In todays podcast I’m going to talk about abdominoplasty also referred to as a Tummy tuck.

What is an abdominoplasty?

Is an abdominoplasty right for me?

What types of abdominoplasties are there?

How do we decide which abdominoplasty is appropriate for you?

At the end I will go though a couple of examples

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Welcome to the surgery podcast, this is Dr Bernard Beldholm. I’m a Registered medical practitioner, FRACS, Specialist surgeon and my medical registration number is MED0001186274. The content on this podcast is considered adult content.

This podcast focuses mainly on Post weight loss surgery and surgery post pregnancy. Ranging from

Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)

Belt lipectomy (body lift)

Fleur de lis abdominoplasty

Brachioplasty (arm lift)

Thighplasty (inner thigh lift)

I will also discuss breast surgery in the context of post weight loss and post pregnancy changes.

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What is an abdominoplasty?

This is an operation on the abdomen that:

Removes loose skin

Tightens separated muscles also referred to as diastasis recti

if liposuction is added then we can also remove excess fat on the abdomen.

 

Is an abdominoplasty right for me?

There are 2 types of patients that I see comming in to have an abdominoplasty. These are;

Patients that have lost a significant amount of weight and have loose abdominal skin

Patients that are post pregnancy and have loose skin and also commonly muscle separation (Diastasis recti)

 

If you fall into any of these categories then you would be suitable to have an abdominoplasty.

What types of abdominoplasties are there?

There are many, many different kinds of abdominoplasties. Some treat small changes to the abdomen and others treat significant changes. once you add into all the different techniques that surgeons use for their abdominoplasties there may more at least 30 different kinds of abdominoplasties available.

The key is to choose the correct technique and correct abdominoplasty for your changes. We will discuss this further below.

There are several basic operation types

we have:

 

• mini abdominoplasty
• full abdominoplasty
• extended abdominoplasty
• Fleur de lis abdominoplasty
• belt lipectomy
• reverse abdominoplasty
• apronectomy

 

Then we can add liposuction or repair of muscle separation to these as well.

 

How do we decide which abdominoplasty is appropriate for you?

Every patient is different and there is no such thing as a standard or fit all sizes abdominoplasty. Each patients abdominoplasty will be different.

 

This is the way that I assess your abdomen and decide on which abdominoplasty is right for you. There are 4 main areas that will determine which abdominoplasty is right for you.

 

1. Skin

2. Muscle separation (diastasis recti)

3. Abdominal scars and previous operations

4.  Fat distribution

 

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All Surgery is performed by me Dr Bernard Beldholm my medical registration number is MED0001186274 and my qualifications area

M.B.B.S B.Sc (Med) FRACS,

I’m a Registered medical practitioner and specialist surgeon (specialist registration in Surgery – general surgery).

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