Salisbury, Maryland Tummy Tuck Surgery at its best
Salisbury, Maryland Abdominoplasty at its best

WHO COULD BENEFIT?
Individuals with loose or sagging skin on their abdomen.

Individuals with bulging of their abdomen due to excessive laxity or separation of the muscles of the abdominal wall.

Women or men who are unable to flatten their abdominal wall or tighten the skin skin with exercise.

THE GOALS:
A flat abdomen or flat belly.

Tight belly skin.

A better defined waste line.

THE PROCEDURE:
We perform the procedure with IV sedation and local anesthesia, or general anesthesia.

Relatively younger and heathier patients are able to go home on day of surgery, while those with significant surgical risks stay overnight in the hospital.

There are multiple versions of an abdominoplasty (major abdominoplasty, modified abdominoplasty and mini abdominoplasty), based on the specific problems the patients presents and the goals of surgery. We can removed the excess skin. We can tighten the deep muscle layer. We can simultaneously perform liposuction.

In most cases, the incisions run along the pubic hair line and exends towards the lower waisteline, within the bikini line. Occasionally, when there is a large amount of excess skin in the horizontal direction, we have to make a vertical incision in addition to the lower, horizontal one.

POST-OP RECOVERY:
Most patients are able to go home on the day of surgery. More mature patients might have to stay overnight in the hospital.

Patients must keep their hips and knees flexed at all times during the first week or two after surgery.

Most patients wear a specialized post-operative garment to control selling and/or protect the deep muscle repair.

All patients are walking around the house the day after sugery and resuming light activities in 3-7 days. Patients who only have their skin tightened can resume restricted work in 7-10 days and full work and even strenuous physlical activity in in approximately 2-3 weeks. Patients who have their muscles tighten must refrain from strenuous physical activity for 4-6 weeks.

OTHER POSSIBILITIES:
Additional procedures that may enhance the result are liposuction, breast enlargement, breast reduction, or a thigh lift.

INSURANCE?
Rarely, if the abdominoplasty is being performed for medical reasons, the procedure may be partially covered by insurance. Usually, the patient is responsible for payment.

NOTE:
The suitability of abdominoplasty for an individual is determined during the office consultation. All procedures have risks. Minor complications do occur occasionally. Major complications are rare.

We are grateful to our patients for granting us the privilege of posting their before and after photos on our website. While we greatly value their privacy, we also salute their eagerness to share their life-changing results with other individuals considering plastic surgery. Every patient on this website has enthusiastically provided his or her written consent for us to show the world his or or her results.