Tummy Tuck Elburn IL – Women’s Institute of Cosmetic & Laser Surgery – Call 630-232-7860
Tummy Tuck Elburn IL
A cosmetic surgical procedure that can effectively restore and rejuvenate your body’s contours, a tummy tuck involves the following basic steps:
Your cosmetic surgeon administers medications to help you remain comfortable during the cosmetic surgery procedures. The choices typically include a general anesthetic or IV (intravenous sedation). Your surgeon will advise which option is best for you.
The Incisions
As part of a complete Tummy Tuck Elburn IL, your surgeon makes a horizontal incision. This incision is usually in between the belly button and the pubic hairline.
The amount of extra skin largely determines the length and shape of the incision. After lifting the layer of abdominal skin, your surgeon repairs the weakened layer of abdominal muscle tissue. In some procedures, it is necessary to make another incision to remove excess skin tissue within the upper abdominal area.
Next, your surgeon pulls the upper abdominal tissue down wards, similar to the motion of a window shade. The next step involves trimming and suturing the excess skin tissue together. As a result, this opens a new location for the belly button. The belly button extends through and your surgeon sutures it into its new position.
Closing the incision is done with more sutures, surgical tape and skin adhesives.
Your tummy tuck results in a firmer and flatter abdominal shape that is proportionate with your body weight and type.
Recuperating from a Tummy Tuck Elburn IL
Application of bandages to your incisions will be a part of recuperation after your Tummy Tuck Elburn IL. Additionally, your recovery may require wearing a compression garment to help minimize inflammation. It can also provide support for your abdomen during the healing process.
Your cosmetic surgeon may place small, narrow tubes underneath the skin for draining excess fluid and blood that might collect.
Following your tummy tuck, our staff will provide instructions for your recovery such as:
-Caring for the drains and the surgical site.
-Medications to take orally or apply topically to assist healing and lower the risk of infection.
-Particular concerns to watch for in general as well as on the surgical site.
-When to schedule follow up appointments with your cosmetic surgeon.
Other important information you will be given regarding your recuperation period will probably include:
-Where you will be taken for recovery immediately following the tummy tuck surgery.
-Which medications you’ll be given following the surgery.
-What type bandages you will have following the surgery and how long you will need to wear them.
-When your cosmetic surgeon will remove the sutures.
-Instructions on bathing.
-How long you’ll need to wear the compression garment.
-When you will be able to return to your normal activities and exercise routine.
-When to return for follow-up appointments.
The Results of a Tummy Tuck Elburn IL
Until the healing process completes, swelling can obscure the final outcome of your tummy tuck. It also may inhibit your ability to stand completely upright comfortably. However, within just a week or so, you’ll be standing confidently in your new leaner profile that’s proportionate to your body type.
It you have had abdominal surgery previously it might limit the ultimate results of the tummy tuck procedure.
For women who have had a cesarean section, the remaining scars from it may incorporate into the tummy tuck scar. The Tummy Tuck Elburn IL scar can require several months or even one year to fade to its fullest extent.
Call the Women’s Institute of Cosmetic & Laser Surgery today for a consultation with Dr. Jennifer Hein at 630-232-7860.
