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Can a tummy tuck help a post-pregnancy belly?

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Yes!: I use tummy tucks (witch hazel) to reset many of the changes that pregnancy causes. Please seek the opinion of a board certified plastic surgeon in your area.

Answered 5/17/2013

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Dr. Dennis Dass answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Tummy tuck: Tummy tuck is designed to treat the post-pregnancy belly. It removes the loose skin and stretch marks, and also tightens the muscles. http://www.dassmd.com/tummy-tuck/index.html.

Answered 12/27/2014

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Tummy Tuck Can Help!: Often times after pregnancy, women are left with excess lower abdominal skin, stretch marks, and a protruding belly. No matter how many sit ups some women do, they will never be able to regain their pre-pregnancy abdominal contour. A tummy tuck can tighten up the abdominal muscles, remove excess skin and stretch marks, and reshape the belly button. http://www.dr-cooper.com.

Answered 3/12/2013

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Yes.: Tummy tuck surgery is an excellent operation for many patients after pregnancy and/or weight gain/loss. This operation serves to remove “excess” skin/fatty. Muscles that have spread with pregnancy and/or weight gain are re-approximated. Bringing them together again in the midline helps to “tighten” the abdominal wall as well as to narrow the waistline. Best wishes.

Answered 4/2/2013

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Dr. Thomas Fiala answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Most certainly: That's the most common type of tummy tuck patient - a lady who has finished with having children, and wants to restore her tummy back to the shape it was "before kids".

Answered 5/12/2013

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Several goals: The primary goals of a tummy tuck are the following: 1) correction of separated abdominal muscles by suturing them together to flatten the abdomen. 2) removing loose stretched skin. 3) +/- liposuction of the flanks for waist definition. 4) removal of lower abdominal stretch marks.

Answered 12/9/2013

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