The age of the classic tummy tuck operation is over

Tummy tuck operations, or abdominoplasty, are the surgical attempts we do to our patients who have surplus fat deposits on their abdominal area. It’s a situation that comes with ptosis problems, giving birth, hormonal instabilities, medication use and genetic reasons.

In classic tummy tuck operations, it’s carried out with a longer cut than a caesarean line, and it’s hidden in the underwear. Over fat, dewlap and cracks are also removed. Loose muscle tissue in the stomach is strengthened and the cut is closed.

This is a classic tummy tuck surgery. However, in my operations, I always say that there are some extra points that we must be careful about.

Four important matters on tummy tucks

The first one is the belly button. After abdomen skin and fatty tissue has been made taut, creating a new belly button will become a current issue. Loose abdominals are repaired, sewn up, tightened and then it’s the belly button’s turn. This new belly button must be created on the patient’s pelvis line and it must be designed from scratch. By doing this, the harmony between hip and abdominal region will be top-level.

Another important point is the location of the cut. In a successful tummy tuck operation, the cut trail must be as low as possible like a caesarean line, under the bikini line. After the existing area is healed, the patient must be able to camouflage the cut under her bikini or underwear.

The third matter that doctor must be careful about in a tummy tuck operation is the mons pubis. This is the most skipped part of the operation. This is the swollen, hairy area that starts under the caesarean line and goes to the clitoris. This area must be left in harmony with the new abdomen. A swollen mons pubis after a taut abdomen causes distress, that’s why their harmony is extremely important.

The last one that I want to mention is region of the waist. If an abdominal region is free of fat, an untouched waist will create a disproportionate structure. That’s why, just like a pleated skirt, the structure must be fit to the waist.

To be seen lively, energetic, strong, steady and invincible

Women who want to have a muscular body exercise their abdominal muscles. We see women crowding gyms, striving for an ab crack, the hollow shape that starts between breasts and goes to the stomach.

Women’s bodies are loved for their rounded shape and elegance. A woman symbolizes elegance, she is mother, soft, gentle. She fights with her mind, not her body. But in today’s world, there is an increased number of working women, with the potential to work in every sector, making women want to appear stronger. It’s a matter of image.

That’s why the number of women who do sports and who want abdominal muscles and an ab crack has increased. We have added the idea of the ab crack and abdominal muscles into the new generation tummy tuck operations.

A close look at the contemporary tummy tuck

In order to create this active look, after we complete the tummy tuck operation, we strip the abdomen away from the tense drum look and give more bulgy shapes to it. We concretize the muscles from the inside, and then we close the cut. Our aim in these tummy tucks is to give fat a muscular shape.

The technique that we use is the liposculpture method. We slenderize the fat accumulation near the muscle edges. Through this approach, a muscular appearance is formed. For the ab crack appearance, we do the same thing to the area above the stomach. The muscle tissue that we concretize during the tummy tuck operation shows up easily.