Sometimes your body knows no mercy. You've made the decision to diet, exercise, and keep your weight at its optimum level. You make the effort, and how does your body thank you when you've lost that weight? With a stomach that looks almost as soft and loose and "pouchy" as before.
It's unfortunate, but whether it's the tug of gravity or the embrace of age, our bodies often leave us with more soft flesh than we can possibly hide. And who wants to hide, anyway?
When you've done everything you can to get the shape you want, and you're still too uncomfortable to wear the clothes you'd like, Dr. Douglas Taranow may recommend an abdominoplasty or "tummy tuck" as a simple, permanent way to get control.
The "tummy tuck" is a procedure that does, according to Dr. Douglas Taranow, exactly what its name implies. Those excess rolls of skin are taken away, the muscles underneath are tightened to new strength and resiliency.
The procedure is equally effective for men and women. For men, it delivers a flatter, more chiseled, athletic look at midsection and hips. For women, the enviable result is a firmer, tighter abdomen and shapelier, thinner waistline. This procedure can be especially helpful to women who've lost muscle tone in the abdomen as a result of childbirth.
Abdominoplasty can make you feel good on so many levels, on the outside as well as in, that it is really one of the wonders of modern plastic surgery. If you've dieted, jogged for miles at a time, done a million sit-ups, and a flat, even tummy has always evaded your best efforts, then it's time to move beyond the "crunches." To Dr. Taranow, abdominoplasty is the proven plastic surgical technique that, within a couple of hours, can help you achieve the figure of a lifetime. And Dr. Taranow wants you to be even more satisfied with it as time goes on.