Tummy Tuck

This is the standard abdominoplasty procedure. It restores a firmer, flatter contour to the entire abdominal region.

It’s best for people with excess fat and skin both above and below the belly button, and it often includes tightening the ab muscles.

Dr. Tag may recommend a mini tummy tuck if your excess skin and fat are isolated to the area below the belly button. A smaller incision can often be utilized for this mini procedure.

Every person is unique, with their own individual goals. To help you decide if an abdominoplasty is right for you, Dr. Taghizadeh wants to meet in person to help you weigh the pros, cons, and other associated issues. We want any procedure you choose to be “worth it” to you because you are confident about the investment, recovery commitment, and results.

A tummy tuck provides a great return on investment: you can maintain your results with a healthy, active lifestyle that allows you to stabilize your weight. Therefore, the results can be very long-lasting. Most of our patients report high satisfaction rates with the procedure.

Some people find they go down one to three sizes after the procedure, but it’s not a given. You will have a flatter tummy area, but you may not experience a change in clothing size. Every patient is different!

It is always possible to gain weight after any cosmetic procedure, including abdominoplasty. If you gain weight, it is more likely to appear in other areas like the arms, back, breasts, thighs, or buttocks.

You can avoid this by maintaining a stable weight through exercise, eating well, and reducing stress.

It depends on the stretch marks and whether that area is targeted for skin removal.

If the skin with stretch marks is removed as part of your procedure, then the stretch marks will be gone. Ask Dr. Tag how a tummy tuck will affect the stretch marks on your abdominal area.

Diastasis recti is a condition often caused by pregnancy. As your abdomen grows, the overlying muscles stretch.

After childbirth, these muscles may not return to their prior tightness and remain lax. They could extend to the point that a gap develops at the mid-point, in the general area of the belly button.

One of the great things about an abdominoplasty is that it can repair diastasis recti, which commonly involves placing sutures in the muscle fascia to bring the muscles back together.

This gives you a flatter, firmer abdominal area. In some cases, Dr. Tag can use an existing C-section scar to prevent any additional scarring.