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Get a Summer-Ready Body With a PowerTuck

Warmer weather means spending time outdoors at the pool or on the beach in skimpy summer clothing with family and friends. While the thought may be exhilarating, being summer-ready can also be the cause of significant anxiety — after pregnancy or losing weight, you could now be dealing with unwelcome excess or loose skin and stretched muscles around the belly area. Getting summer-ready has suddenly become a high priority.

Here at Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery in Michigan, we know that as summer approaches, it’s the ideal time to consider plastic surgery to improve our contours. Procedures such as liposuction and tummy tucks to improve the body’s contour are popular, but how about a PowerTuck offered by board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Pramit Malhotra?

What Is a PowerTuck?

A PowerTuck is a procedure that combines the aesthetic benefits of liposuction with a tummy tuck, with liposuction targeting the flanks for a powerful, 360-degree recontouring of the midsection. The result is a bikini-ready sleek profile, with excess skin removed, tightened abdominal muscles, and a lean-looking mid-section.

What Does a Tummy Tuck Address?

By design, a tummy tuck removes fat, loose, hanging skin, and tissue from the abdominal area. The procedure can also tighten the rectus abdominis muscles on each side of the belly that may have become separated during pregnancy. The process creates a flat, smooth abdomen, often with a repositioned belly button.

What Does Liposuction Address?

Liposuction is a procedure that employs suction through a small incision to remove fat from unwanted areas to remove bulk and create smoother contours. For Dr. Malhotra’s PowerTuck, the liposuction targets the flank area at the sides of the waist using “power liposuction.” This process allows for more significant fat removal by using a small motor, which is less invasive than the traditional manual liposuction method.

What Are the Advantages of Combining the Procedures Into a PowerTuck?

Liposuction alone does not address the loose skin that often becomes a problem for patients who lose a significant amount of weight. By having a PowerTuck, patients get the full benefit of the muscle repair and skin tightening of a tummy tuck, combined with fat removal from the flanks via liposuction.

The recontoured 360-degree midsection improvement takes place in a single surgical visit, minimizing costs and downtime.

Learn More About Your PowerTuck in Ann Arbor and Jackson, Michigan

For more information about our PowerTuck, expertly delivered through a combination of liposuction and tummy tuck procedures, schedule a private consultation at Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery. Contact one of our office locations at Ann Arbor, MI, at (734) 436-2186 or Jackson, MI, at (517) 789-9800 today.