Best Tummy Tuck Surgeon in Seattle

An abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck surgery, is a procedure designed to create a youthful, flat, and tight abdominal contour to your tummy area. After pregnancy or significant weight loss, patients often dislike the stretched and rounded appearance of their tummy area. Tummy tuck surgery is often one of the plastic surgery procedures that make up our Mommy Makeover surgery set of procedures.

Will Tummy Tuck Surgery improve your figure?

After pregnancy or significant weight loss, the appearance of the abdomen tummy area will change in four significant ways.

1. Stretch marks and loose skin folds around tummy area
2. A rounded abdominal wall shape
3. Stubborn fatty deposits along the abdomen, hips and flanks
4. Reshape the belly button and surrounding skin

The tummy tuck surgery is designed to address all of these cosmetic issues, which vary in severity with each individual. The tummy tuck procedure is designed for each individual patient by our board-certified plastic surgeons in our Seattle clinic.

Who is a good candidate for Tummy Tuck surgery?

Healthy individuals that are at, or near their ‘goal’ body weight, tend to have the best results with this surgical procedure. After tummy tuck surgery, a patient should maintain a stable body weight to maximize the cosmetic results.

How is Tummy Tuck surgery performed?

Tummy tuck surgery is an outpatient procedure that is performed under general anesthesia in our onsite private certified ambulatory surgery center. Our board certified plastic surgeons design a tummy tuck incision that is low on the abdomen and easily concealed with clothing. The surgical incision is made and all excess skin and fat is removed. A more youthful belly button is constructed. The rectus muscles (the pair of abdominal muscles that can give one a “six pack”) are tightened up with sutures as well.

Liposuction of the hips and flank areas is often added to improve the cosmetic result. The tummy tuck operation takes about three hours. The use of Exparel, a long-acting local anesthetic, has significantly improved the recovery period for our tummy tuck patients. Patients wear a light comprehensive garment (like Spandex) post operative for about four weeks.

Our board certified plastic surgeons believe that safety is paramount when performing tummy tucks. Therefore, all patients are placed on a gentle blood thinner called Lovenox for seven days after surgery in order to minimize the risk of blood clots in the legs. Patients are encouraged to resume a light non-weight bearing activity schedule (walking) the day after surgery. Most tummy tuck patients take at least two weeks off from work to fully recover from the procedure.

What is Different about the Sound Plastic Surgery tummy tuck?

Our board certified plastic surgeons in our Seattle clinic use several specialized techniques to improve the position of the tummy tuck scar. Tummy tuck scars are typically kept very low on the pelvis, and can easily be concealed under a swimsuit. The tummy tuck scar is kept low in order to prevent it from migrating up and becoming visible. This low scar position has the added benefit of creating a lifting effect for the front and sides of the thigh. The belly button scar is internalized inside the belly button to maximize the cosmetic result and create a ‘vertical almond’ shape that is attractive and youthful. Our surgeons also use liposuction to narrow the waist relative to the hips, as this further improves the post operative result.

Can Tummy Tuck Surgery be Combined with other Procedures?

Tummy tuck surgery is a natural adjunct to other body and breast contouring procedures, such as breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction and liposuction of the waist, hips and thighs. Combining these cosmetic procedures in reasonable ways is a safe and effective way to rejuvenate the body and create a more youthful look, while minimizing downtime and recovery to a single post-operative period.