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Denver Tummy Tuck Surgeon - Dr. Nick Slenkovich
What Does It Do?
A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is intended to result in a smoother, flatter abdomen. As a highly experienced Denver tummy tuck surgeon, Dr. Slenkovich excises abdominal fat and then carefully addresses laxity of the abdominal muscles by direct suture tightening, thereby creating an internal corset.
Tummy Tuck is often recommended when a Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss patient would benefit from complete removal of an area of fat and skin below the belly button, particularly if there is laxity of the abdominal wall musculature.
Are You a Candidate?
If you have loose or sagging abdominal wall skin, or are unable to tighten your abdominal wall skin with exercise, you may be a candidate for a tummy tuck. For many tummy tuck Denver patients, abdominoplasty with liposuction has the potential for a more dramatic improvement than liposuction alone.
How Is the Procedure Performed?
Abdominal tuck procedures are tailored to each person's anatomy. Surgery is often performed under general anesthesia. Outpatient versus short-stay hospitalization is individualized to each patient's needs. In the majority of cases, a swath of skin with all of it's underlying fat is excised, and additional excision of fat is performed along with contouring of the trunk with liposuction. Laxity of the muscles is carefully addressed with direct suture tightening, creating an internal corset.
What Is Recovery Like?
An abdominal tuck can be one of the more uncomfortable plastic surgery procedures. Because of this, Dr. Slenkovich usually uses a pain pump that slowly infuses numbing medicine into the surgery site for the first two days. While this dramatically reduces postoperative pain, abdominal tuck surgery still requires a more time-consuming recovery. You will be encouraged to be moving and walking within one to two days. Light activity is comfortable in 10 to 20 days. For most Denver abdominoplasty patients, sports will not be comfortable for about six weeks.
Insurance?
Unless done for medical reasons (for example, infection in the skin after large weight loss) a tummy tuck is considered cosmetic and is rarely covered by insurance.
Financing:
If your procedure is not covered by insurance, we will be pleased to help you obtain financing for this procedure. We are affiliated with companies that offer financing for cosmetic surgery.
For articles written or edited by Dr. Slenkovich on the subject of Abdominoplasty, click on "Body Contouring, Abdominoplasty", "Abdominal Wall Reconstruction".
To Learn More
Please select from the menu on the right for more information about the specific procedure you're interested in, and please view our before and after photos and 3-D demonstrations. We also invite you to read our patient experiences and patient testimonials pages.
In addition to performing tummy tuck in Denver, Dr. Slenkovich offers a range of other body contouring procedures. Sometimes, he recommends and performs a combination of procedures to help patients achieve the best possible results. One of the more popular combination treatments is mommy makeover ─ a comprehensive treatment that usually consists of breast augmentation, liposuction and/or tummy tuck. At Dr. Slenkovich's elegantly appointed Denver plastic surgery facility, patients can also receive lipodissolve treatment and arm lift in Denver.
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