Tummy Tuck Before and After Pictures in Houston, TX
Tried everything to tone and sculpt your midsection? Not happy with the lack of results? A tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) may be just what you need. Dr. Christopher Hankins, medical director at Premier Plastic Surgery performs tummy tucks on men and women in Houston, Pearland, Lake Jackson and surrounding areas of South Houston.
This patient was a lovely 31-year-old Hispanic female and mother of 3 children. Her pregnancies had left her with severe redundancy of the abdominal skin, accompanied by stretch marks and diastasis recti. She was seeking restoration of her pre-pregnancy waistline and figure. She requested an abdominoplasty to correct these post-partum deformities.
In addition, she wanted a breast augmentation and she said that her breasts had deflated once her children were weaned. After consultation with Dr. Hankins, the patient elected to have a lipoabdominoplasty as well as bilateral breast augmentation with 550 cc high profile implants. The patient did not want a breast lift as she wished to avoid the scars of that procedure. The patient was very pleased with the results of her surgery.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
47 years old Hispanic mother of 2. Had horizontal and vertical scars from c-sections at oversea. Dr. Hankins did abdominoplasty with liposuction. After photos were taken at her one month follow up visit. She was very happy about her result.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
Before Surgery
This patient is a 55-year-old Hispanic female with a history of type 2 diabetes due to obesity. She had undergone gastric bypass as a result of losing a total of 150 pounds. This left her with a great deal of excess skin and a pannus then hung well below her pubic symphysis. Virtue of prolonged skin apposition of the pannus over the lower abdomen, this resulted in skin irritation and chronic intertrigo. In addition, she had a large diastasis recti. A pannus was so large that it interfered with ambulation as well as activities of daily living and made exercise almost impossible.
Unfortunately, her diabetes was not under good control and she had an elevated hemoglobin A1c. In addition, she had recurrent urinary tract infections. We work with the patient and the patient’s primary care physician to get these two issues under control before we undertook surgery.
Surgery and Results
At surgery, we performed a panniculectomy, a fleur de lis abdominoplasty a diastasis recti repair, and a repair of a small ventral hernia was an incidental finding at the time of surgery despite the fact that she had had a negative abdominal MRI prior to surgery. Her skin excess from the left side measured 7×9 cm and weighed 758 g that of the right measured 7.5 x 7.5 inches and weighed 819 grams. From the mid section, the skin pannus removed measured 4 x 7.5″ and weighed 500 g.
She had an uneventful postoperative course and healed extremely well. The operation was successful in removing both the vertical and horizontal excess abdominal skin and giving her an excellent abdominal contour postoperatively.
After surgery, the patient reported that her quality-of-life had greatly improved. She was now able to carry out activities of daily living with ease and no longer had problems with ambulation. She lost another 10 lbs after surgery and her diabetic is under control.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
Before Surgery
This patient was a 37-year-old black female, initially presenting to the office with a request for bilateral breast augmentation. On examination, her breasts showed some involutional post-partum changes, but had maintained a good contour. She also complained of excess skin and fatty tissue of the abdomen and requested a mastopexy with breast augmentation and lipoabdominoplasty.
The patient was notable for lower position of the nipple areolar complexes of the breasts than ideal, a minimal amount of skin laxity of the lower abdomen accompanied by a small amount of fat. She was initially interested in a mini-abdominoplasty but the drawback of doing a mini-abdominoplasty only is that this would leave the patient with a diastasis recti and a forward bulge of the abdomen. After discussion of the pros and cons of doing either a mini or full abdominplasty, the patient elected to have a full lipoabdominoplasty accompanied by repair of the diastasis recti and a bilateral mastopexy with augmentation of the breasts with a superior pedicle to transpose the nipple areolar complexes. Mentor smooth round moderate plus a 300cc gel implant was used in the left breast and a 275cc implant in the right breast.
After Surgery
As a result of the surgery, the patient’s nipple areolar complexes were lifted to a more ideal level above the equator of the breasts in the center of the breast mounds and the abdominal contour was improved that would not have been achieved with a mini-abdominoplasty, which would have not achieved flattening of the abdomen. She was very happy with her result. After photos were taken at her 1 year follow up.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
Before Surgery
This patient is a beautiful 29-year-old Hispanic female who presented to our office after having children. As in many cases, her pregnancy had resulted in stretching of the skin of the abdomen, accompanied by stretch marks, a separation of the rectus abdominis muscle, known by the medical term as diastases recti, and skin redundancy.
In addition, she had a midline incision scar below the umbilicus thru which she had had a C-section.
She had tried to correct her contour issues herself by staying fit and regularly working out in the gym but to no avail.
Consult and Surgery
On examination, we were able to determine that we would be able to excise all of the skin from a low incision below the abdominal contour to a level above her umbilicus.
At surgery, we performed a lipoabdominoplasty, liposuction of the flanks and repair of the diastasis recti. In the process, we were able to excise all of the skin where she had scarring and to restore her abdominal contour to that resembling what she had prior to her becoming pregnant. She was very happy with the results.
A common misconception is that exercise can correct a diastasis recti or help with redundant skin. Unfortunately, once either the fascia binding the two bellies of the rectus abdominus muscle or the dermis of the skin had been stretched beyond its elastic tolerance, nothing but surgery will correct these post-partum deformities. If this story reminds you of your own situation, you can call or text us at (713) 370-4433. We’ll be glad to walk you through the journey restoring your confidence.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.
* Results may vary and results are not guaranteed.