Tummy Tuck - Introduction

The essential nature of a good-looking abdomen is defined by, on the one hand, its underlying slenderness, and on the other hand, its firm skin. Even if one is able to achieve a reduction in abdominal girth through sports, nutrition, and a healthy diet or even liposuction, there is often still the problem of excess skin that does not tighten on its own and thus hangs down like an apron.

The skin pays for substantial losses and gains in body volume, such as is the case during pregnancy, by losing a part of its capability to return to its original state. In this case, plastic-aesthetic surgery offers the abdominal lift as a possible solution. This operation represents a large-scale plastic-aesthetic-surgical procedure and should only be taken into consideration when fitness activities and a healthy diet are unable to offer any further visual improvements.

In a successfully executed procedure, the excess skin is removed and the abdomen looks tighter.¹