The abdominoplasty is the indicated surgical procedure to recover the appearance of the abdomen provided by the abdominal wall muscles which stretch and vary their phenomenon position known as “diastasis” as a result of pregnancies and obesity among others. As a result, the abdomen recovers its flat shape and the waist is accentuated. In indicated cases, the reinforcement of this muscular plane with surgical mesh is performed to avoid the recurrence of these changes, thus enjoying a permanent result.
Dermoliptomy is the surgical term that indicates the elimination of skin and fat, whose excess is present in most cases, so abdominal dermolippectomy is performed as part of an abdominoplasty. With this procedure the pendant appearance of the abdomen is corrected and the stretch marks, tattoos and scars are removed in the low and lateral areas between the navel and the pubis.