Tummy Tuck

A Tummy Tuck Can Enhance the Effects of Weight Loss – A Guide for Patients in Tampa, FL, or a Surrounding City

Tummy Tuck Tampa FL

If you’d like to address sagging skin in your midsection that has not responded to diet or exercise, then you may want to consider a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) procedure. This type of cosmetic plastic surgery is designed to smooth and firm the abdominal region after weight loss. As a double board certified plastic and general surgeon, Dr. John Roach performs tummy tucks and other cosmetic procedures at a fully accredited surgical facility near his practice, Bayside Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery LLC. For more than a decade, he has helped men and women throughout the Tampa, Florida, area achieve their aesthetic goals with cosmetic surgery, and he may be able to help you, too.

What a Tummy Tuck Can – and Cannot – Do

For certain patients, an abdominoplasty procedure can be an effective way to shape and contour the midsection after sincere attempts at dieting and exercising do not produce the desired outcome. Specifically, a tummy tuck can address hanging skin and lax muscles that result from:

  • Body weight fluctuations
  • Gastric surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Hormonal imbalances

While a tummy tuck can be very effective for the right patient, it is important to understand that it is neither a weight loss method nor a substitute for regular exercise and proper nutrition. Instead, this cosmetic surgery procedure is intended to complement a healthy lifestyle. Toward that end, Dr. Roach often incorporates diet, personal training, and other techniques into a patient’s plastic surgery experience as appropriate to help the patient achieve the best possible result. In some cases, Dr. Roach also assists patients with weight loss prior to surgery.

Dr. Roach’s Surgical Techniques

When performing a tummy tuck procedure, Dr. Roach trims away excess skin in the abdominal area using a special technique to minimize scarring. Additionally, he tightens the muscle “six-pack” to make the skin very taut and well contoured to the skeletal structure. To minimize discomfort and reduce narcotic use after a tummy tuck, he employs long-acting numbing catheters and a post-operative analgesia control (ON-Q) pump.

If you’d like to learn more about tummy tuck surgery, then call Bayside Center for Plastic Surgery to schedule a personal consultation with Dr. Roach at his office in the Tampa, FL, area. Because every individual has unique preferences and goals, Dr. Roach provides personalized guidance to help his patients make well-informed treatment decisions, and he is always available to address their questions and concerns.

 

 

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