Abdominoplasty removes excess skin and fat and can tighten the abdominal wall, creating a smoother contour and restoring balance to your silhouette.
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See how abdominoplasty removes excess skin and fat to create a flatter, more defined waistline. Each transformation is planned with precision to achieve natural, balanced results.
Our consultant surgeons focus on restoring proportion and harmony, helping you feel more at ease in your clothes and confident in your shape.
Your abdominoplasty journey is carefully guided from consultation to recovery, with every step focused on restoring a smooth, balanced profile.
From planning incision placement to seeing your final results, our surgeons ensure you feel informed, supported and at ease throughout the process.
Meet with your consultant surgeon to discuss your goals and examine your abdomen. We’ll confirm whether a full or mini abdominoplasty is best for your needs.
Your surgeon will plan the incision placement, muscle tightening if required, and any additional liposuction to ensure a smooth, natural contour.
Under general anaesthetic, excess skin and fat are removed, and the abdominal wall tightened if necessary. You’ll stay overnight and begin recovery with support garments.
Follow-up appointments monitor your healing. As swelling reduces, your flatter, more refined silhouette becomes visible, restoring balance and proportion.
At TPSG both men and women are offered the procedure. Excess abdominal skin and fat can be a problem for example after pregnancy or weight loss, where diet and exercise alone will not help. The excess abdominal skin hangs over the waistline like an apron and can appear unsightly. Abdominoplasty is not suitable for patients who seek weight loss by means of surgery.
The primary goal is to remove excess skin and fat overlying the anterior abdominal wall. In some cases, patients who have a loosening of the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall and will need to have this tightened surgically at the same time as the abdominoplasty.
At TPSG all patients will be seen by the surgeon who is going to perform the procedure on them. A careful medical history and examination will be carried out. All concerns are discussed and an appropriate, achievable and safe abdominoplasty procedure will be chosen.
The operation is carried under general anaesthesia. Patients are marked pre-operatively to ensure the resulting scar will lie within or as close as possible to the undergarment/bikini line to make it less visible. If liposuction is to be carried out this is performed first. Following this the actual abdominoplasty is performed removing the excess skin and fat. Muscle tightening procure is performed where appropriate. The skin that is not resected will therefore remain, and be displaced inferiorly as a result to aid closure. The scar is sutured with absorbable sutures and staples. A padded dressing is placed on the scar, and all patients are put in elasticated compression garments. NO DRAINS ARE USED.
Normally patients stay one to two nights in the hospital. They are encouraged to mobilise after the operation, discomfort permitting. All patients wear a compression garment for 6 weeks after the operation to help minimise swelling and discomfort. Patients can expect to be off work and driving for 2-4 weeks, gentle sporting activity for 6 weeks and contact sports for 3 months. The benefits of abdominoplasty should become evident fully by 3-6 months after the operation. The scars take anything up to 12-18 months to reach their state and patients will be encouraged to start massaging the scars from 6 weeks post-operatively.
The benefits of body contouring procedures can last a life time. However, if the patient gains weight excessively for example, the shape of the anterior abdominal wall can return to the pre-operative state. Therefore it is essential for patients to maintain their results by adopting normal diet and exercise.
There is a substantial amount of evidence that suggests a strong link between increased weight, smoking and hormone therapy/diabetes on increasing complications, particularly wound healing, infection and deep venous thromboembolism (DVT). Minor wound Infection and wound dehiscence are the most common complications, followed by bleeding and/or seroma formation. Occasionally some excess skin and fat remains at the corner of the scars termed “dog ears”, and these can be removed under local anaesthesia once the scar has settled. At TPSG, utmost care and attention is paid to every detail of the surgical journey to ensure the risk of any complication is absolutely minimised.
I couldn’t have better surgeon than Mr Mo Akhavani. He answered for all my questions before and after surgery and also he advised me what to do to have the best results.
I had lipo 360 and abdominoplasty with muscle repair.
This surge change my life and I know someone will say its just the tummy but for me from 7 years it was nightmare after pregnancy. Now Im feel like new sexy woman with perfect tummy.
The hospital and staff are so helpful and I was feeling so comfortable.
After surgery the nurse from PSG (Emily) she always answered for all my questions and she gave me advice what to do.
A full abdominoplasty removes excess skin from above and below the navel and can tighten the abdominal muscles. A mini abdominoplasty focuses on the lower abdomen only, with a shorter scar and quicker recovery.
The scar is placed low across the bikini line so it can usually be hidden by underwear or swimwear. Over time, it fades significantly, and your surgeon will guide you on scar care to help it heal as well as possible.
Most patients return to light activity after 2–4 weeks. Exercise and heavy lifting are usually delayed for 6 weeks or more to allow proper healing.
