[dr. decherd] i get a lot of questions abouttummy tuck. there's a huge interest out there, especially in women who have had kids. sometimesthese women think, "can i get liposuction?" usually if they've had kids, they're not agood candidate for liposuction. what they really need is a tummy tuck. liposuction removesfat. tummy tuck removes skin and fat. the other thing a tummy tuck does that peopledon't often realize is that it tightens up the muscles. sometimes i'll see women whohave almost no body fat, but they've got loose fascia. they tell me, "i do sit-ups all daylong and my tummy doesn't get flatter." that's because to flatten the tummy, we have to tightenup the muscles on the inside. that's kind of a secret weapon in the whole thing.
yeah, people worry about the scar. unfortunately,there is a scar, but my goal is to keep the scar as low as i can. i find in my experiencethat my patients are usually extremely happy with the overall change because the scar isusually hidden under their underwear or bathing suit or something like that. even that partaside, they're so happy to get in clothes. their stomach is flat and it doesn't rollon itself and fold over their belt when they're trying to wear clothes. [tracy] i lost a hundred pounds, and so itwas really kind of gross because i had … my stomach was … i just had a lot of skin thatwas hanging over. you'd have to lift the skin and put deodorant on, and it was just reallygross. i had seen four different doctors before
i saw dr. decherd, and he was the last onei saw and by far the best. he spent so much time talking to me and explaining everythingin detail. i bet you we were in there for forty-five minutes to an hour. you could tellthat he's really good. i ended up going with him and it was the bestthing i ever did. the tummy is great because i can fit into anything. i wear the same sizeas my thirteen-year-old daughter. she hates it, but i think it's great. i just got backfrom cancun yesterday, and i wore a bikini. i haven't worn a bikini since i was nineteen;i'm thirty-six. even when i was nineteen, i didn't feel as good in a bikini as i dotoday. it's been a great experience; it really has. i sent a couple of patients to dr. decherdthat have all had surgeries and have been
very happy.
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