If you’ve been considering a tummy tuck, timing your procedure just right can greatly impact your experience and results. While abdominoplasty can be performed year-round, spring is one of the best seasons for this body-contouring surgery. Here’s why scheduling your tummy tuck in spring might perfectly fit your goals and lifestyle. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. George P. […]
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Losing a large amount of weight is a wonderful accomplishment. Unfortunately, it can also compromise your skin’s elasticity and leave you with sagging skin. Trying to get rid of excess skin and stubborn fat deposits may seem nearly impossible, especially when diet and exercise alone do not seem to make a difference. That is where
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After a period of hard work, with consistent diet and exercise, or through bariatric surgery, you may have reached your weight loss goal. Regardless of how your weight loss came to be, you may now be experiencing extreme skin laxity and be troubled by excess skin. While skin can revert and become more tight with
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Tummy tuck surgery removes loose and sagging skin from the belly and waist. In doing so, stretch marks are often removed as well. However, the procedure is not intended to target stretch marks. Instead, their removal is a secondary benefit. Tummy tuck surgery helps to produce ideal contours by excising droopy skin. It slims the waist
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Stress is directly linked to weight gain. From increasing the appetite (and cravings for rich “comfort” foods) to decreasing motivation for exercise and activity, daily stress can compound, over time resulting in weight gain and increased risks for heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. This makes stress reduction an important part of weight management
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Loose and bulky skin is not uncommon following significant weight loss. Nor are a few stubborn fat deposits that simply refuse to respond to your efforts. These things, combined or alone, can serve to obscure your weight loss efforts, making your body instead look asymmetrical and awkward – and they may not ever go away
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During tummy tuck surgery, abdominal muscles are pulled together and reattached. This serves serval purposes, including a reduction in low back pain. Separated abdominal muscles (diastasis recti) impact core strength and place a larger burden on the back. Studies have found that, by reattaching and firming these muscles during abdominoplasty, low back pain can be
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Love handles is the name given to those stubborn deposits of fat around the hips, lower back, and abdomen. A result of fat accumulation, love handles can make the midsection look uneven or bulky. They can interfere with clothing options, make certain types of activities uncomfortable, and result in emotional dissatisfaction with the body. Love
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A casual glance around any public area can show that a softer midsection is fairly common in men, particularly with age. Of course, there is nothing inherently wrong with a bit of bulge around the belly and, if it doesn’t bother you, there may seem to be no reason to address it. No reason, that
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Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most effective ways to reduce bulky and loose skin from the midsection of the body. This procedure can also be used to eliminate stubborn fat deposits from the abdominal area and to reattach stomach muscles that have separated due to weight gain or pregnancy. These things offer demonstrable
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