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Any aesthetic procedure should be carefully researched and made as a personal choice. At Quintessa, you’ll also receive a highly personalized consultation to help inform your choice.
Before you decide to schedule a tummy tuck, you should know what a tummy tuck is, how to plan your procedures, other services offered by Quintessa, and the plastic surgeons who will lead your medical team.
The tummy tuck (also known as an abdominoplasty) procedure targets multiple areas of your midsection at once. Pregnancy and weight fluctuations can stretch your abdominal muscles (rectus diastasis) and skin, which may cause stretch marks, loose skin, and abdominal fullness.
A tummy tuck can help restore an hourglass figure and toned stomach muscles, or can help you achieve a transformed look for the first time. Quintessa is proud to be among the first plastic surgery providers in Wisconsin to offer a “drainless tummy tuck” that erases the need for additional post-surgical drains!
At Quintessa, your tummy tuck will include the following:
An abdominoplasty results in a transformative, tighter, and aesthetically-pleasing contour.
A tummy tuck is often just the first aesthetic step people may choose to transform their physical appearances and gain a new lease on life. Our top plastic surgeons and aestheticians in Milwaukee offer a variety of surgical and non-surgical body procedures to help you discover a more beautiful you, including the following:
Seeing is believing. Visit our tummy tuck before and after gallery to see the results we achieve for our patients.
* Each patient is unique and individual results may vary.
The ideal tummy tuck candidates in Milwaukee include healthy women and men who long to transform their physical appearance and gain a new lease on life. If you’re suffering from the following symptoms, you may consider an abdominoplasty procedure:
At Quintessa, your tummy tuck will include the following:
An abdominoplasty results in a transformative, tighter, and aesthetically-pleasing contour.
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Type of Procedure | Surgical |
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Recover Time |
Return to work in 1-2 weeks |
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Procedure Time |
2-3 hours |
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Recovery Information |
Out-patient, no sitting for 2-4 weeks. Compression garments for 6 weeks. |
When you’re preparing for your tummy tuck, use your initial consultation to ask important questions and ensure you’re following any recommendations from our medical team.
As with any procedure, it’s wise to stop non-essential medication or supplements 10-14 days prior to your tummy tuck. This decreases the risk of bleeding complications. Consult your doctors before you stop taking any medications.
Our team determines where to make your discrete abdominoplasty incision based on your unique anatomy and the excess skin and fat tissue you possess. This incision is made in the area of your abdomen below your waist. We’ll also utilize liposuction and “360” liposuction to ensure your front and back abdominal contours are properly sculpted.
At the Quintessa Center in Milwaukee, we use the breakthrough, innovative drainless tummy tuck technique. The drainless tummy tuck combines liposuction and muscle repair with traditional abdominoplasty, and most importantly, utilizes special suturing to eliminate the need for post-surgical drains.
This technique provides the beneficial results of a traditional tummy tuck while reducing recovery risks, and alleviates the stress of managing post-surgical drains. Drains increase the risk of post-op infections and seromas (dangerous build-up of internal fluids). The drainless tummy tuck may also reduce your recovery time and allow scars to heal quickly.
Our top team of plastic surgeons take scarring into consideration and only make the abdominal incision as long as is necessary. If you don’t require the removal of significant abdominal tissue in your tummy tuck, the scarring will be minimal. However, all scars will fall below your belt line and will be easy to cover with clothing.
We also frequently combine liposuction with the tummy tuck, which helps provide significant circumferential improvements without increasing physical scarring.
For the first 6-8 weeks after your tummy tuck, you’ll be required to keep the provided compression garment in place to help drain and reduce the amount of swelling. In the initial weeks or months after your surgery, you may experience numbness, pulling, and tightness in your abdomen as you recover. This is to be expected and will fully heal.
Avoid any rigorous exercise (lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk) for at least two weeks after your procedure — pay attention to your body, as well. If you should wait a bit longer to participate in any heavy lifting, your body will let you know.
If you’re solely responsible for child care, it may be wise to enlist help throughout your recovery process.
However, physical movement is an important part of your recovery. Ensure that you’re up and moving around, and participating in light cardio activity several times a day.
SURGICAL SOLUTIONS
The mini tummy tuck (also known as monsplasty) removes excess skin and fatty tissue from the pads on top of the pubic bone, rather than from your whole abdominal region. This procedure is a great option for leaner patients with minimal loose skin and stretch marks.
The mini tummy tuck requires less surgical time than an abdominoplasty, but it’s important to consult our surgical team before choosing this option.
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A Tummy tuck or liposuction both offer excellent options for people who long to transform their physiques. Liposuction is a great option for patients who have extra pockets of fat with good skin quality (no stretch marks, no loose skin) and no stretched muscle.
For patients with excess skin and loose abdominal muscles (also known as rectus diastasis), a tummy tuck may be a better option. Liposuction is also often combined with a tummy tuck to remove fat. However, liposuction alone cannot repair excess skin and loose muscles.
Although a tummy tuck isn’t a weight loss technique, you can anticipate shedding 3-5 pounds of excess skin or fat as a result of the sculpting procedure. Your Quintessa plastic surgeon can give you deeper insight into how much weight you can expect to lose.
The average tummy tuck costs anywhere from $10,000–$14,000, which varies based on the procedural needs of the patient. It’s important to remember that a standard Quintessa tummy tuck includes abdominal liposuction, repair of the abdominal muscles, and removal of excess skin.
These procedures allow a transformative improvement of your overall body contour, but require recovery time. The drainless tummy tuck technique will aid in your recovery, but you may want to plan for up to 14 days off of work after the two–three hour procedure.
Connect with Quintessa to learn more about how much your tummy tuck might cost in Milwaukee or contact any of our other Wisconsin locations.
Explore the Quintessa “before and after” photo gallery to see the amazing results our renowned plastic surgeons provide through cutting-edge aesthetic solutions. The path to a new you is only a consultation away!
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