Slim Medical - Liposuction / Abdominoplasty
Avelar Abdominoplasty / Tummy Tuck:
Pregnancy, weight gain and weight loss have a lasting impact on a woman’s abdomen. Only rarely does dieting and exercise fully restore the abdominal wall to its flat desirable shape after the skin and muscles have been stretched. In such cases, a tummy tuck is necessary to restore the abdomen to its previous shape. A tummy tuck or abdominoplasty involves the removal of excess skin and fat in the lower abdomen via a transverse incision low in the abdomen at the bikini line.
Until recently, tummy tuck or abdominoplasty was performed in a much more invasive fashion. Traditional abdominoplasty involves the removal of skin as well as fat that overlies the muscle via undermining the fat layer and cutting it out, including everything that is inside that fat layer. Such a large excision of tissue creates empty or dead space, which further increases infectious complication risk. Furthermore, blood vessels that are vital to healing are damaged and compromised, leading to a higher risk of complications.
Avelar abdominoplasty or tummy tuck is yielding better results and lower complications than ever before due to a technical revolution that started in Brazil about 10 years ago. This new tummy tuck has several names: lipo-abdominoplasty, abdomino-lipoplasty, the Avelar abdominoplasty, or minimally invasive abdominoplasty. Developed by a Brazilian surgeon named Dr Avelar, this new method of Avelar abdominoplasty represents the first safe and effective fusion of cosmetic abdominoplasty and abdominal liposuction.
Avelar abdominoplasty relies on the use of tumescent liposuction under local anesthesia to loosen the skin and fat layers without the need to separate any blood vessels. Avelar abdominoplasty utilizes a superficial excision of only the excess skin layer to achieve a tight abdomen.
Unlike traditional abdominoplasty, Avelar abdominoplasty does not require the separation and elevation of the entire abdominal wall skin, fat layers and blood vessels from the abdominal muscles in order to tighten loose skin. By avoiding this process, much of the discomfort and frequency of complications associated with traditional abdominoplasty is eliminated. Instead, If needed, abdominal muscles are tightened through a narrow tunnel in the midline of the abdomen.
Furthermore, better cosmetic outcome can be achieved with the Avelar abdominoplasty, since liposuction is combined with the abdominoplasty, allowing improved body contouring.
Doctor Nasseri offers in-office tumescent liposcution / liposculpture and avelar abdominoplasty / tummy tuck, performed under local anesthesia. He is located in Santa Ana, but serves patients from all of Southern California, including Orange County, San Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Temecula, and Los Angeles, and from the following cities: