Is It Tummy Tuck Time?
EL Singapore|August 2022
A tummy tuck can make you feel better about yourself, or give you the chance to wear certain types of clothes – and perhaps see your feet again! (Okay, I may be guilty of bringing in some personal experience here…) However, for a lot of people, it can also help in dealing with diastasis recti or core muscle issues in the stomach that can cause back pain, urinary incontinence and other ailments. And, in cases where a person has a hernia, a tummy tuck can become a medical tummy tuck and help with hernia repair.
REBECCA BISSET
Is It Tummy Tuck Time?

Tummy tuck versus liposuction

Our core muscles are called that for a reason: they really are core to many parts of our physiology. If we’re exhausted, it shows in our core muscles. They’re often the most difficult to tone, too, as the fat around them is difficult to burn. While liposuction is an option, it can be unsafe for women who have been pregnant before, as the muscles that line the wall of the internal organs might have separated in the course of the pregnancy. This abdominal separation or gap is known as diastasis recti or recti diastasis (commonly referred to as DR or RD).

DR MARCO FARIA CORREA, one of Singapore’s leading doctors in plastic surgery, says that when women who’ve been pregnant undergo liposuction, it can cause the abdomen skin to have more irregularities and flabbiness; this makes tummy tuck surgery in the future more challenging to perform – and it can compromise the final result.

For those who do present with excess skin in the abdomen, skin flabbiness or stretch marks and a bulging abdomen, or if they’ve lost massive amounts of weight, a full tummy tuck surgery – also known as abdominoplasty – is recommended.

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