Tummy tucks for your health
 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The tummy tuck is one of the top five yearly medical procedures. With the growing number of older moms and multiple births, tummy tuck doctors are swamped with patients. The procedure is the only way for women to regain mid-section stability.
Clinical nutritionist Erica Jackson has a passion for cooking. She's in her element when she's whipping something delicious in the kitchen. But it hasn't been a piece of cake lately. The strain of back-to-back pregnancies caused severe separation of Jackson's stomach muscles, core instability and back pain. "For the last year and a half I haven't been able to do an abdominal twisting, even my yoga has been completely restrained because of that," Jackson told Ivanhoe.
Jackson's tummy tuck was combined with a hernia repair. With the tissue and muscles exposed, plastic surgeon Carolyn Chang, M.D. uses a technique called abdominoplasty to smooth and flatten the stomach.
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October 11, 2008
- Roseburg, Oregon
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Tissue connecting the abdominal muscles can be permanently overstretched during pregnancy. Diet and exercise won't fix the problem -- only a tummy tuck will do the trick. Jackson is one of a growing number of patients who are finding functional benefits from a surgery that has traditionally been considered merely cosmetic.
"Well, you'll see the results immediately. Actually, the first post-operative visit she'll notice a significant increase in tone and tightness of her abdominals. But usually I tell patients to wait three to six months for the final result," Dr. Chang said. 
