Pregnancy After Tummy Tuck

Abdominoplasty, the medical term for what is commonly called a "Tummy tuck," involves surgically removing excess skin and fat from the middle and lower part of the abdomen and sometimes tightening the abdominal muscles. The result is a flatter abdomen, and sometimes, a smaller waist, because the procedure corrects loose, sagging skin and excess fat. Any scars are usually located below the line of a swimsuit or underwear.

The procedure is especially useful for women whose skin has stretched after more than one pregnancy. For people whose fat deposits are just on the lower part of the abdomen, a partial abdominoplasty or mini-tummy tuck may be an option.

The surgery is particularly helpful to women who, through the stretching of multiple pregnancies, have abdominal muscles and skin that will no longer return to normal. Following pregnancy, many women find that they have:

• resistant fat pockets on the abdominal wall
• loose unsightly skin
• stretch marks on the lower abdomen.

Prominent abdominal contour scars like those sometimes seen after Caesarian delivery and other surgery can be removed or improved during this abdominal sculpting. Transverse caesarian scar above the pubic region are often adherent to the deeper tissues and accentuates the fold before surgery.

Ideally, women planning future pregnancies should consider waiting for tummy tuck surgery.

During pregnancy this abdomen area that was involved in tummy tuck surgery stretches to accommodate the growing fetus. The muscles that were tightened during plastic surgery tummy tuck can separate again during pregnancy. The skin that is re-stretched may not return to normal proportions again.

That being said, the newborn baby's health is generally not complicated because of abdominiplasty surgery. Consider this, caesarian (c) section surgery is much more invasive than tummy tucks because c-sections cut into your uterus whereas tummy tucks do not.

Although most plastic surgeons and specialists agree that it is best to have this surgery performed after you are finished with having children for optimal results, there are many women who do have pregnancies after tummy tuck surgery without experiencing any problems throughout the whole procedure. It is common for the surgical abdominal muscle repair to become sore, but loosening of these muscles do not always occur, and with today's advancing plastic surgery technologies, it is rare to have permanent damage after pregnancy.

Abdominoplasty can enhance your appearance and your self-confidence. It will not necessarily change your looks to match your ideal or cause other people to treat your differently therefore you should think carefully about what this surgery has to offer. Remember, pregnancy following tummy tuck plastic surgery may not result in the most favorable results, although the baby's health will generally not be complicated during pregnancy and child birth.