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Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

Quite often all the exercise and dieting in the world cannot get rid of the tummy pouch that results from a lifetime of weight fluctuations or pregnancy. The body changes that a woman experiences to her mid-section with one pregnancy, much less multiple pregnancies, can cause a lot of damage such as sagging skin, stretch marks, and even muscle separation (rectus diastasis) in the abdominal area. A tummy tuck or abdominoplasty will correct this. However, a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is not only for postpartum women or after childbirth. The procedure can improve the appearance of excess abdominal fat, skin and tissue in any healthy adult.

Abdominoplasty or Tummy Tuck is a common surgical procedure performed on women following childbirth in order to contour and reshape the abdomen and flanks by contouring excessive fat, removing excess skin that may have striae or stretch marks and by tightening loose abdominal muscles. Women who plan to have additional children in the near future should postpone having an abdominoplasty as an additional pregnancy will "stretch out" or separate the abdominal muscles too much and may stretch out the skin.

The procedure may also be performed on men who have lost significant amounts of weight by diet and exercise or following gastric bypass procedures. Some of these patients may not require tightening of the abdominal muscles.

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Liposuction (Suction Assisted Lipoplasty, Power Assisted Liposuction)

Liposuction is a surgical technique that is used to contour, sculpt, and remove excess, unwanted fatty deposits from specific areas such as the abdomen, waist, flanks, bra roll, back, hips, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin and neck. It is also referred to as lipoplasty, liposculpture, and microliposuction. Liposuction is not a means for weight loss. Small incisions, usually 3 mm in length, are made in inconspicuous areas and the excess fat is removed with a hollow cannula. Many different techniques exist for liposuction such as tumescent liposuction and superwet liposuction. Different modalities used include traditional lipoplasty, power-assisted liposuction, or ultrasound assisted liposuction. Dr. Grover has had extensive experience with all of these techniques and prefers the Power Assisted Liposuction (PAL) technique with the superwet and tumescent techniques.

Dr. Grover has utilized the power assisted liposuction technique since the year 2000. He has performed hundreds of procedures with this technique. Power assisted liposuction is a technique that utilizes a small cannula that is attached to a mechanical hand piece that causes the cannula to vibrate at hundreds of times per minute. This helps to loosen the fat cells and allow for easier, more efficient and less traumatic removal of the fatty tissues with less bruising and discomfort. Power assisted liposuction is performed in conjunction with the tumescent technique. This technique offers many advantages over older techniques such as suction-assisted liposuction (SAL) and ultrasonic-assisted liposuction (UAL). Its benefits include more efficient removal of fatty deposits, especially from more fibrous areas such as the "love-handles" and chest and also from patients who have had previous liposuction and may have additional scar tissue.

Generally speaking, patients with localized areas of excess fatty deposits and have good skin tone and elasticity will have the best results.

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Buttock Augmentation

Buttock augmentation can be achieved with either autologous fat grafting (Brazilian Butt Lift), buttock implants or a combination of both to improve one's buttock aesthetics, augmenting the buttocks and contour. Multiple factors are important in achieving an ideal appearing buttock aesthetics. Cultural ideals are also quite important to consider.

Fat grafting may be performed in patients with some additional fatty deposits which may serve as "donor" sites. However, it is quite common for a patient to present desiring an augmented buttocks but not having any significant amount of fat that can be used for grafting. These patients are ideal candidates for buttock augmentation using soft, solid silicone gel implants.

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