Abdominoplasty and Abdominal Dermolipectomy

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETRgX4HLro&t=57s[/embed] Dr. Fernando Amato (CRM 133826) talks about abdominoplasty or abdominal dermolipectomy. Abdominoplasty consists of the aesthetic treatment of the abdomen, mainly with the removal of excess skin and fat. Classic abdominoplasty involves the removal of skin, excess skin, and fat below the navel, resulting in a scar at the location of a C-section and a little larger. But there is also anchor abdominoplasty, which is a surgical option for those patients who have had significant weight loss, meaning they have lost a lot of weight. ***transcript **** Hello, I am Dr. Fernando Amato and today we will talk about abdominoplasty or abdominal dermolipectomy. Abdominoplasty consists of the aesthetic treatment of the abdomen, mainly with the removal of excess skin and fat. It can be classic abdominoplasty, which is the removal of skin, excess skin, and fat below the navel, resulting in a scar at the C-section location and a little larger. There is also anchor abdominoplasty, which is a surgical option for those patients who have had significant weight loss, meaning they have lost a lot of weight, either with diet or bariatric surgery, and in this case, there will be a resulting anchor-shaped scar, with one vertical and one horizontal. There is inverted abdominoplasty or reverse abdomen, which is an option and is rarer, to treat excess skin only above the navel. In addition, there is the famous mini abdominoplasty, which only has a slightly smaller incision than classic abdominoplasty, and in this surgery, the entire musculature is treated, meaning, with a small incision, it is detached up to here, umbilical hernia is corrected, when present, and this results in a slightly smaller scar and removes much less skin. Furthermore, there is lipoabdominoplasty, which is an association of liposuction in the abdomen and abdominoplasty. It is a bit different from when liposuction is performed on the body and abdomen; in this case, liposuction is performed on the abdomen itself. In all these surgeries, hernias that are in the midline are treated, the most common being an umbilical hernia, and the diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscle, which is the separation that occurs in the musculature, is treated. Many patients ask about the navel: how does the navel look after these surgeries. There are techniques that preserve the navel and reinsert it into the new abdomen, and a scar remains at the junction of the old navel with this new abdomen, and, depending on the case, it is even possible to leave it without a scar. Do you want to know more about plastic surgery? Follow our videos on our social media.