Ideal patients to consider a tummy tuck are those who have lost skin elasticity and have excessive hanging skin due to weight fluctuation, childbirth, pregnancy, heredity and aging. In addition, good candidates for a tummy tuck or those who are close to their ideal weight, physically healthy and those not planning on becoming pregnant.
Women considering a tummy tuck procedure often note the following problem areas, which can be helped by the procedure:
- The skin on the abdomen stays stretched out after pregnancy, causing it to look saggy and wrinkled
- Noticeable stretch marks
- Excess fat on the abdomen that doesn’t respond to exercise
- Diastasis recti – a condition common in women who have been pregnant in which the muscles along the center of your abdomen have separated, leaving just thin tissue that is too weak to support your torso and internal organs. The result is a pooch on your stomach that can only be repaired and eliminated with surgery.
Tummy tuck surgery can be done on both women and men.