Dr. Gavin Sandercoe lends valuable insight to tummy tuck procedure in Sydney. After weight loss or pregnancy abdominal muscles can become distended resulting in a floppy tummy. Tummy tuck is an ideal surgery for patients with floppy tummy. A tummy tuck is a surgery performed with the core aim of tightening abdominal muscles along with removing excess fat and skin. The length of the scar is usually a collective decision taken by the patient and the surgeon. It is important to note that the fat on the side of the tummy (love handles) can be effectively removed only by long scar tummy tuck surgery. People who are interested in Tummy Tuck surgery in Sydney must consult in detail with their surgeon as only an expert can provide the right guidance.

Dr. Gavin Sandercoe, Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon

Many patients often lose weight with the, from baby or through exercise after being overweight, are left with a floppy tummy that they are now unhappy with. The biggest determine of how well your tummy is going to bounce back after having that shape and weight within your belly is whether your abdominal muscles going to come back to midline and knit themselves back together and how much your skin is going to bounce back after having been stretched. That’s not predictable before this all happens. However, if you do have stretch marks the chances of the skin coming back even if the muscles do is pretty small. A full tummy tuck operation involves removing some skin fat and stitching those six pack muscles back together in midline and then re-draping the skin over the top. The trade off like all body contouring surgeries, you get back great shape but you do get a scar. The length of the scar really is a, is a discussion between you and your specialist plastic surgeon and you’ll be able to work out whether you are more prepared to have a short scar and maybe not get the results out on your love handles that you’ll be able to achieve with a longer scar or whether you prefer to have a longer scar and just make you sure get every ounce of that fat you want gone in the first sitting. I’m happy to see any patient that would like to discuss their options of tummy tuck surgery with me. However, the one thing you do want to be as close to your idea of weight as possible by the time you see your specialist plastic surgeon in Sydney.