Circumferential Tummy Tuck in Orange County
There are different “types” of tummy tucks based on the skin laxity and excess fat and tissue in your lower body. Some need only a mini tummy tuck. Others may need a traditional full tummy tuck or an extended tummy tuck. But some find that they have significant issues around their body that need to be addressed – often as a result of significant weight loss, or dramatic aging. For those individuals, the answer may be what’s known as a “circumferential tummy tuck.”
Find out if you’re a candidate for a circumferential tummy tuck today by calling Tummy Tuck Orange County at .
What is a Circumferential Tummy Tuck?
Also known as a belt lipectomy, the circumferential tummy tuck is an option for those that have significant skin laxity of the lower body or torso – a select group that usually have lost significant weight through either diet/exercise or bariatric surgery, and have been left with very large pockets of skin and tissue all over the midsection of their body.
Circumferential abdominoplasty is, in many ways, a tummy tuck technique that incorpo-rates additional areas of the body that generally also have significant amounts of skin after weight loss has occurred. As an example, these areas may include:
- The Waist
- The Buttocks
- The Lower Back
It’s not just about the abdomen, because those that have undergone substantial weight loss won’t have their needs met by a full tummy tuck alone. The belt lipectomy style tummy tuck, on the other hand, addresses multiple areas.
The procedures are going to be the choice of you and Dr. Agha. The incision is made around the entirety of your body – from the abdomen all the way around the lower back (hence the term “Belt Lipectomy”), which allows Dr. Agha to address areas from the ribcage to the mid-thighs. Through this one incision, Dr. Agha can performs multiple individual procedures such as monsplasty, tummy tuck, front of thigh lift, outer thigh lift, waist reduction, lower back fat and skin excision, buttock lift, buttock augmentation with lower back tissue and liposuction. The combination of all of these surgeries is usually called a lower body lift. In our practice, the belt lipectomy or circumferential abdominoplasty includes a tummy tuck, monsplasty, waist reduction, and buttock lift only. Although many plastic surgeons use the term circumferential abdominoplasty and lower body lift interchangeably, in our practice the circumferential tummy tuck is a more basic form of the lower body lift with fewer procedures performed through the same belt incision.
Due to the extensive nature of these procedures, patients are often times required to stay at a recovery facility or have 24/7 professional care for the first 2 to 3 days following a belt lipectomy or a lower body lift. Despite the significance of this procedure though and the amount of work that it involves, those that have lost significant weight often find that a circumferential tummy tuck provides amazing results, especially in the hands of an expert body contouring surgeon at Tummy Tuck Orange County.
Our Tummy Tuck Services in Newport Beach
Located in Southern California, Dr. Agha has created a name for himself as one of the best choices for circumferential tummy tucks, and similar surgeries such as lower body lifts. Highly skilled at working with the complex aesthetic needs of post-weight loss patients, Dr. Agha has provided circumferential tummy tucks for countless patients in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Diego, and more.
We’re experts in providing tummy tuck and related services for all types of bodies, and we’re happy to provide you with a consultation first in order to determine which type of tummy tuck is right for you. If you are in need of tummy tucks, or any type of body contouring procedure, call us today at .
