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Abdominoplasty

What is it ?
 This surgery also called "

Abdominal plasty

" or "Tuck plasty" is one of the heaviest in plastic surgery. it is to remove excess skin and fat in the lower part of a severely distended abdomen, it restores the muscles and improving the appearance and profile belly. This surgery, which occurs when a liposuction would not be successful, allowing the stomach from more gracious

Am i a good candidate for the Abdomen surgery?
In general women are more affected than men because od pregnancy, especially if the weight gain was important and had distorted the lower abdomen giving stretch marks and scars.

Required conditions: among women it is preferable to an

abdominoplasty

where there is more desire of pregnancy



The surgeon removing a broad zone of skin located between the navel and
pubic area conducting an incision 20 to 30 cm in the lower abdomen in the
crease covered by the slip. The skin above the navel generally more healthy
(no stretch) is then pulled down in order to reconstitute an abdominal wall.
The naval is then placed in a central position. At the same time it can be
done if needed, a suture muscle (diastasis treatment, hemia)
and / or liposuction (aspiration of localized fat overload) (link to liposuction).
The weight loss is low arround average of 700g to 1.5 kg.
The benefit of an abdominoplasty is primarily plastic




Remarque : These pictures illustrate a current clinical case, the results are not reproducible from one person to another.

Type of Anesthesia

This surgery is performed without general anaesthesia

How long does the surgery last?

Surgery time varies by an average of 2 hours at 2:30 pm

Hospitalization Time

In order to ensure the best possible post-surgery monitoring and limiting the complications and side effects, it is recommended to stay as appropriate in the clinic (importance of flows in drains) two to three nights.


My recovery

The pain (feeling strained stomach) will be calmed down by simple analgesics (paracetamol). The scar Main (20 to 30 cm) horizontally along the lower abdomen so that the slip could hide and small scar is around the navel, disinfection is carried out every day until lineups removal (15 to 20 days) if they are not absorbable. Wearing a sheath support is recommended day and night for 2 to 4 weeks.

The bruising (blue) persist for 15 to 20 days and swelling (oedema) is a maximum at the 3rd / 4th day post-surgery then fades gradually. The scar is often dew during the first 2 to 3 months, then gradually fades if the recommendations of surgeon are well respected (tobacco, food hygiene, no sun exposure, physical exercises…).

Follow-up care

- In the country where the surgery is performed

Of course it is provided during the stay in the clinic by the surgeon and monitors medical teams at time to avoid complications, also by several inspection visits during the convalescence period required by the surgeon during the patient stays in the hotel (approximately 10 days).

- After you get back to your homeland

During the first week, If it is necessary the surgeon need to be in close contact by phone, mail or webcam and works with your Doctor to ensure that everything goes normally.

After three months with regular control of patient’s health by the qualified surgeon if the first results are satisfactory. If this is not the case, he will inform you about new treatments (surgery) or if it is necessary to wait.

Indeed, the final result of the belly plastic surgery can be interpreted only one year after surgery(changing healing essentially).

Back advised to a normal social life: on average 20 days after surgery.

Imperfections results requiring further treatment (surgerical touching):

- Scar too visible, asymmetric or its ascension, in some cases enlarged, or even thick- Keloids navel having lost his natural ascension of pubic hair.



What are the risks for potential complications and side effects?

Surgeons will inform you about all complications risks and side effects that can occur even more improbable during your exchanging contacts but also during the surgery contract awarding called (informed consent) which includes all information about this surgery.

For initial information the medical literature refers to the possible of following complications (in addition to those related to anesthesia):

Early complications (almost immediately after the intervention)

- haematoma (rare),
- infection (uncommon), treated by a surgical drainage and antibiotics,
- effusion linked to a lymphatic drainage (fairly common) that must sometimes be poached and dry in general without specific sequela
- skin necrosis (rare),
- phlebitis, or vein thrombosis (rare), prevented by anticoagulants,
- pulmonary embolism (very rare and fearsome), a possible consequence of phlebitis.

Late Complications (several weeks after the intervention)

- painful scar,

- The wall abdominal sensitivity loss below the navel

The wall abdominal plastic and aesthetic surgery has made advances that allow today, in many cases to resolve the main aesthetic abdomen surgery problems. In total, we should not overstate the risks, but simply be aware and seemingly that surgery still a small share of vicissitudes.

The use of a qualified plastic surgeon assure that he has the training and competence required for avoiding these complications, or treat them effectively if it is necessary.


Prices

As a guide price of a

Abdominal plasty

in Tunisia or Morocco is from 1700 to 2000 € in France the prevailing price is 3000-4000 €

The medical fixed price includes :

- fees of the doctors (surgeon and anaesthetist),
- the prostheses (marks French, Brésiliennes, American) if indicated,
- expenses of the stay to the private clinic,
- expenses of pharmacy in per and post-operative,
- clothing of contension (support throats)

For that, it is of course necessary to add the price of the ticket and the stay of convalescence according to the stay to the private clinic. For more information see the heading stays and destinations.

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