Abdominoplasti, is a method that offers a permament solution for some cases when it is impossible to
have an elastic and recovered skin after rapid loss of weight.

 

The patients are curious about the questions below:

1- Who can have that operation?
Especially, the decomposition becomes in abdominal muscles after the pregnancy. This decomposition leads to become curved in the front wall of the abdomen. Moreover it is also possible to notice fissures in the skin and flabbiness. The only way to solve this problem is the abdominoplasti application

2- Can I smoke?
As a plastic surgeon, the most important thing for me is the patient’s smoking status in preoperative period. In smokers there will be healing problems especially in the strained abdominal skin. Therefore it is necessary to give up smoking in 3-week
period before the operation.

3- What are the new methods and techniques?
The basis of operation is to remove the excessive skin and to create an internal corset in the front wall of the abdominal muscles However, I prefer Dr. Lockwood’s technique, he is also a plastic surgeonand his technique is called ‘high lateral tension abdominoplasty’ and this technique became widespread in recent years. Until today, the surgeons had been focusing on midabdominal region in classical abdominaplasti method. However, with a new approach, fullness in upper abdomin, the problems in waist and groin are resolved easily. The beautiful appearance in abdomin continues to form unity with side waist region.

4- Are we going to have any trace after the operation?
Sewing line stays in the underwear and it extends from the groin region to the side waist area but a linear trace is not significant for a patient who possess an aesthetic waist and abdomen.

5- Is it possible to get pregnant in post operative period?
Abdominal streching surgery can be done in 6 or 12 months after pregnancy In addition to that, the surgery does not
constitute any risk for pregnancy as well.

6- What will happen after the operation?
The biggest problem will be encountered in post operative problem. However, in order to move the removed skin to its new region in a tense way, blood circulation decreases. Espeacially the patients who smoke should not forget that any factors that disrupts wound healing can create new problems and the necessary measures should be taken in accordance with the doctor.