Patient Case #3101

Age: 40-49
Height: 5’ 0” – 5’ 5”
Weight: 150 – 199 lbs
Description:

BMI B:27.8 BMI A:24.7

This patient was a 49 year old mother of 2 Hispanic female after lost 150 lbs came to the clinic request a tummy tuck. She has diabetes for over 10 years. After the weight loss her diabetes was getting better. She still have to use insulin injections to control her symptoms. Also she wasn’t able to exercise because of the large pannus. On examination she had a wide diastasis recti and severe redundancy of abdominal skin and fatty tissue from horizontal and vertical direction. A fleur de lis abdominoplasty was performed to remove both direction of excess skin and fat. A liposuction of the abdomen and flanks was performed moving approximately 2.5 liters of fat.Then 4 finger wide diastasis recti underwent a double layer repair and both horizontal and vertical excess skin of the abdomen was removed. Panniculectomy removed the huge pannus. Total of 5.2 lbs of excess skin and tissue removed from abdomen. Then a natural looking belly button was created. The after photos were taken at her 6 months follow up. The results of the surgery were transformative in her appearence. She was able to excercise regularly and able to control her diabetes with oral medication only. She is thrilled of her results.