Surgery to remove loose skin from childbirth...

[Bess]

Has anyone gotten plastic surgery to remove the loose skin on your stomach? I'm not talking about a traditional tummy tuck but just cutting off the dangly stuff. Or is this considered a tummy tuck???

I'm thin but ugh, this stuff hanging is grosse. I would love to lop it off. Oh, would love to know how much this costs too!

[Pretty in Pink]

i've heard of surgeons taking a little extra skin off when performing their last c-section.

there is the mini tummy tuck in which the scar is much shorter, resembles a section scar, and can be placed lower than a traditional tummy tuck scar. a mini tuck removes excess skin and tightens muscles below the naval, and may not require an incision to relocate the naval. the traditional tummy tuck is more extensive, relocates the naval, and tightens both lower and upper abdominals. hth!

[Karin]

Well, it's not cheap, and I wouldn't do it as much as I'd love to revert to my pre-pregnancy body (including not needing reading glasses). My sister has a stomach so strong she did 20 full sit ups with no one holding her feet 2 weeks after having her third child (my chiropractor says she's not normal;),) and she has a hang. She said the only time she saw a patient who she thought had a good reason to have one was a woman who'd had triplets, but she is biased against cosmetic surgery for non-medical reasons. Any surgery has it's risks. Also, after my second C-section I lost some feeling around the scar area, permanently.

[TCoppock]

I have considered getting the extra skin taken off with a mini-tuck but I am still praying for another little one so that is on hold. I will probably end up having it done later in life after I am either blessed or give up trying. I think if it is something that really bother you and you can afford it thnen go for it. The risks are minimal if you are in good health.

[PrairieAir]

a mini tuck removes excess skin and tightens muscles below the naval, and may not require an incision to relocate the naval. the traditional tummy tuck is more extensive, relocates the naval...

ACK! No, no, no! Don't mess with my belly button! Does this freak anyone else out as much as it does me? I've wondered about this from time to time, but somehow I just knew it was something I'd never do. Now I really know!:eek:

[Colleen]

If I rilly, rilly wanted to scare people, I'd post a photo of my stummick on my photo blog. Those who are familiar with my "hot legs and barn boots" pic would *not* believe it's me. It is SCARY.:eek: That's what happens when you're a thin person who develops an abdominal hernia in her very first pregnancy and doesn't address it until four pregnancies later. And who undergoes five c-sections. I'm living proof that it's possible to stretch six inches of excess skin out of one's abdominal region. Did I say it was scary?!:D

Two months after my fifth c-section, I had to go under the knife again to repair what had developed into a massive, double ab hernia. The surgery itself was too involved to do any "tummy tucking" and my surgeon recommended I address that separately if it was important to me. And ya know, I did think about it. But my reality is that no amount of nipping and tucking is going to bring about anything remotely attractive. And given that I'm 5'6", weigh 120 lb after bringing five boys into the world, wear a size 4, and didn't go in for bikinis even when I was a young thang, well...I'm not going there. Cosmetic surgery purely for the purposes of "looks" is just so not in keeping with who I am.

So, yeah, it's way gross. But so are farts and the world goes on, kwim?:p

[Peek a Boo]

I might check it out, but since Colleen mentioned it, I would NOT do it for looks, but because it physically feels totally WRONG and drives me batty!!:eek:

[Kate CA]

If I rilly, rilly wanted to scare people, I'd post a photo of my stummick on my photo blog. Those who are familiar with my "hot legs and barn boots" pic would *not* believe it's me. It is SCARY.:eek: That's what happens when you're a thin person who develops an abdominal hernia in her very first pregnancy and doesn't address it until four pregnancies later. And who undergoes five c-sections. I'm living proof that it's possible to stretch six inches of excess skin out of one's abdominal region. Did I say it was scary?!:D

Two months after my fifth c-section, I had to go under the knife again to repair what had developed into a massive, double ab hernia. The surgery itself was too involved to do any "tummy tucking" and my surgeon recommended I address that separately if it was important to me. And ya know, I did think about it. But my reality is that no amount of nipping and tucking is going to bring about anything remotely attractive. And given that I'm 5'6", weigh 120 lb after bringing five boys into the world, wear a size 4, and didn't go in for bikinis even when I was a young thang, well...I'm not going there. Cosmetic surgery purely for the purposes of "looks" is just so not in keeping with who I am.

So, yeah, it's way gross. But so are farts and the world goes on, kwim?:p

OK, this just made me LOL so much my dh asked me what I was laughing about. LOL!

[Mrs Mungo]

Colleen, you realize posts like that make everyone want to see your belly, right? :smilielol5:

[Colleen]

OK, this just made me LOL so much my dh asked me what I was laughing about. LOL!

And did you tell him?:ohmy:

[Colleen]

Colleen, you realize posts like that make everyone want to see your belly, right? :smilielol5:

Fuhgeddaboudit...You don't wanna go there, trust me.:ack2:

[Kate CA]

And did you tell him?:ohmy:

Yep! LOL We both LOL. I have too many of my own wobbly bits for it not to be funny to us. :001_tongue:

[j.griff]

I saw a show once on a cable channel (I believe it was exercise TV) where there were about 4 different people who were trying to do things that would make them look much younger than they did. One was a news anchor guy in Miami, he quit smoking, went on a drastic diet for a couple of weeks, etc. One was a mom of four children, she had a flabby tummy but she was pretty fit. They sent her to some woman in Florida who massaged her belly and kind of pushed the skin into place- after so many treatments of this her tummy looked SO MUCH better! I was shocked. I can't remember the name of the show though, or the lady who did this type of "therapy"- but they said she did this kind of work with celebrities too. It was kind of like she was using her hands to "iron out" the wrinkles of extra skin, kwim? You could try this before every shower- use some kind of oil- but not too much cause then your hands would just slip right over it all, LOL. Or you could use lotion instead.

[Karin]

One was a mom of four children, she had a flabby tummy but she was pretty fit. They sent her to some woman in Florida who massaged her belly and kind of pushed the skin into place- after so many treatments of this her tummy looked SO MUCH better! I was shocked. I can't remember the name of the show though, or the lady who did this type of "therapy"- but they said she did this kind of work with celebrities too. It was kind of like she was using her hands to "iron out" the wrinkles of extra skin, kwim? You could try this before every shower- use some kind of oil- but not too much cause then your hands would just slip right over it all, LOL. Or you could use lotion instead.

So, how old was this woman? Just wondering in my hopeful but slightly skeptical way. Because most women bounce back better when they do all of this in their 20s, although genetics aren't fair and there are some who bounce back at older ages and vice versa.

[j.griff]

Oh, I think she was in her 30's or 40's. I have tried googling different phrases to find more info on this technique, but not successfully. And while some may have better results than others, I don't see the harm in trying it out (unless you're forking out hundreds of dollars to someone else for the service). :D