Tummies or bloated bellies look unsightly, and to achieve a shapely figure, you must keep your tummy under check, which can be a daunting task. Despite practicing some known techniques to maintain a shapely body, your tummy might defy all your efforts to control it, and almost all fat would seem to accumulate there only, which becomes a big concern for you. Going for a WC Ong Plastic Surgery – tummy tuck is the best way to get rid of unsightly and overgrown tummies, while liposuction could be another option depending on what you want to achieve.
Although we talk about the tummy tuck and liposuction in the same breath, assuming these are different procedures that help achieve almost similar goals, we often treat these as similar things. Both procedures aim to change the profile of the mid-section of your body that can make your stomach appear flatter, smaller, and tighter. Another similarity is that plastic surgeons perform both the procedures and are considered cosmetic surgery that does not have any insurance coverage.
What you should expect from these procedures that claim permanent results will become clear from this article.
Liposuction
Liposuction is an invasive surgical procedure, and the surgeon would prefer local anesthetic or sedation of patients to perform the procedure. The surgeon will then make small incisions at the place from where fat is to be removed and then insert a tube or cannula under the skin to loosen the fat. The surgeon then uses a vacuum to remove the loosened fat. Depending on the amount of fat removal, it might take several sessions to complete the procedure.
The procedure results in a more proportioned and flatter abdomen, which remains as it is for many years.However, subsequent fat accumulation might happen in some other parts of the body but not where you had the procedure.
Tummy tuck
General anesthesia is necessary during the tummy tuck procedure, during which the surgeon makes an incision in the skin that covers the abdominal wall. When the muscles become visible, the surgeon will stitch your abdominal wall’s stretched muscles together and finish the job by pulling the tight skin over the abdomen and closing the incision with sutures after trimming off excess skin. The procedure takes about 2-3 hours to complete.
Tummy tuck results are permanent as the abdominal wall becomes more robust and stable. There are chances of the removed excess skin, making its appearance again only in case of weight fluctuation or during pregnancy when the skin undergoes stretching.
From the above, it will be clear that if removing abdominal fat is your goal, you must go for liposuction. But if you do not have any concern about fat but still want to have a firmer and flatter tummy that remains stable for years, then the tummy tuck procedure is the only option.
The tummy tuck procedure does not aim at removing abdominal fat, and now you can understand why liposuction and tummy tuck are as much different as chalk and cheese.
