Tummy Tuck & Abdominoplasty
Conveniently located to serve Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Walnut Creek, and the entire San Francisco Bay Area.
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Next, the excess skin and fat is removed. Usually, this results in removal of all of the skin and fat from just above the belly button down to the incision. This discarded skin tends to contain most or all of the stretch marks and often is inelastic and of poor quality. The upper abdominal skin, which is usually of better quality, more elastic and without stretch marks, is stretched to the lower incision. The closure technique further contours the flanks in order to create a pleasing hour-glass figure in women or a V-shape in men. Finally, the belly button is recreated in an ideal position.
Depending on a patient’s goals, high definition liposuction can be used to highlight the muscular contours of the abdominal wall in order to achieve a more athletic core.