CASE STUDY
NO DRAIN TRIPLE
TUMMY TUCK
CASE OVERVIEW
This patient had never been happy with her stomach. “Even when I was 99 pounds in high school, I never had a flat stomach. Great legs, but never a flat stomach!” After running into a friend at Costco who had a recent tummy tuck, she finally realized she was done waiting for the perfect time. The time was now!
PATIENT PROFILE
AGE: 61
PRIMARY CONCERNS
This patient from Orange County, California had been thinking about a tummy tuck since after the birth of her first son. Managing her weight with diet and exercise kept her in her target weight zone, but did not help to tighten the loose skin on her stomach or make it flatter. Because she had excess skin both above and below her umbilicus, she was a candidate for a full rather than modified Triple Tummy Tuck.
CONSULTATION & ASSESSMENT
Her consultation with Dr. Anton was “night and day” from any other plastic surgeon she met with beforehand. He explained in detail how he performs his signature Triple Tummy Tuck technique that tightens the muscle fascial wall with three internal sutures. This creates the flat tummy she had dreamt about since high school and after the birth of her son. The internal triple plication offers more significant hold, draws in the waist, and reduces post operative pain by distributing the tension over three incisions rather than one. “I have a high pain tolerance, but the worst it ever got was a 3-4 on a scale of 1-10.” One week after surgery she ran into her same friend again at Costco who couldn’t believe she was up and about.
“I just turned 61 so everything for me is about the YOLO – You Only Live Once. If there is something you are even thinking about and always wanted to do, just do it. Because if you don’t do it, you’ll always regret that.”
TREATMENT PLAN
– No Drain Triple Tummy Tuck (removed 805 grams of excess tissue)
– Multiple Hernia Repairs
– Abdominal Liposuction – removed 3.4 lbs. of fat)
The No Drain Triple Tummy Tuck tightens the muscle facial wall with three internal sutures – one down the midline and one on each side. This creates a better contour, draws in the waist, and reduces post-operative pain.
PATIENT RESULTS
HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER YOUR PROCEDURE?
After surgery, she spent the night at Laguna Village Retreat, an overnight care facility located close to the surgery center. The nurses picked her up after surgery and brought her back the next morning for her first post-op appointment. The outcomes are going to be beyond your wildest dreams. Her pain was minimal. She had a minor complication with one of her sutures, but it cleared up quickly and nicely. “The outcome is beyond my wildest imagination. Now I have great legs and a flat stomach!”
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