>>> YOUR MID SECTION IS LOOSEY
GOOSY.
MAYBE YOU TRIED EVERYTHING AND
YOU JUST CAN'T GET THAT FLAT
TUMMY THAT YOU DESIRE, SO YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT THE DOUBLE T, THE
TUMMY TUCK.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS
DR. PETER CHANG.
FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL TUMMY
TUCK?
>> A TRADITIONAL TUMMY TUCK IS
BASICALLY TAKING SKIN FROM BELOW
THE BELLY BUTTON ALL THE WAY TO
THE PUBIC REGION RIGHT ABOVE THE
HAIRLINE AND TAKING ALL THAT
SKIN AND FAT OUT IN ONE PIECE.
>> BUT WHAT YOU DO IS CALLED THE
TIMELESS TUCK.
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE
TRADITIONAL?
>> A TIMELESS PLASTIC SURGERY,
WE HAVE PROCEDURES.
TIMELESS TUCK IS ONE OF THOSE
PROCEDURES.
I DEVELOPED THE TIMELESS TUCK
THROUGH YEARS AND YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN DOING TUMMY TUX.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE
TRADITIONAL TUMMY TUCK IS THAT
IT DIDN'T ADDRESS THE AREAS OF
THE HIPS, THE WAIST, AND THE
UPPER ABDOMEN.
THE PATIENT HAS A LOT OF FATTY
TISSUE AROUND THE ABDOMEN.
THE UPPER PART IS THICKER THAN
THE BOTTOM PART.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU NEED
TO ADD LIPOSUCTION OR SOME FORM
TO THE ABDOMEN AND THE OTHER
PARTS OF THE AREA, LIKE THE
FRONT AND THE BACK TO ALLOW MORE
OF A CONTOURING.
SO WITH THE TIMELESS TUCK, 360
LIPOSUCTION AROUND THE WHOLE
BODY AND REMOVING THE EXTRA SKIN
ON THE BOTTOM.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING
AN INTERNAL GIRDLE.
>> IT IS.
TUMMY TUCK IS WHAT WE DO, WE USE
SUTURES AND STITCHES TO GIVE AN
INTERNAL GIRD TOLL TIGHTEN THE
MUSCLES INSIDE.
THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF AN
INTERNAL SIX PACK THAT YOU HAVE
A FLAT TUMMY AFTERWARDS.
>> SO WITH THIS TIMELESS TUCK,
YOU'RE ALSO DOING SOME
HYPOSUCTION TO GET THAT 360?
>> RIGHT.
WHEN DONE AT THE SAME TIME,
LIPOSUCTION AND TUMMY TUCK, IT
TAKES DOWN THE FATTY TISSUE AND
THAT ALLOWS TH TUMMY TUCK TO BE
PULLED TIGHTER THAN THE REGULAR
TUMMY TUCK.
>> I HAVE SAY, WITH
LIPOSUCTION, I HEARD ONCE YOU
HAVE IT DONE, THEN THE FAT GOES
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN YOUR BODY.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> PART, YES AND NO.
WHEN YOU HAV LIPOSUCTION, THE
NUMBER OF CELLS ARE GONE
ALREADY.
SO IT WON'T COME BACK IN THAT
AREA AS MUCH.
IT GOES TO OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE
NOT HAD ANY TYPE OF SURGERY OR
SCARRING IN THERE.
>> SO THIS TIMELESS TUCK THAT
YOU CREATED, LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR BACKGROUND.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY
INTERESTING THAT YOU WERE FIRST
IN DENTISTRY AND THEN MADE YOUR
WAY TO PLASTIC SURGERY AND YOU
HAVE YEARS AND YEARS OF
EDUCATION.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
I GOT INTO DENTAL SCHOOL FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
A SEVEN-YEAR EXITED PROGRAM.
I FINISHED COLLEGE IN THREE
YEARS.
>> YOU'RE A SMART COOKIE IS WHAT
YOU'RE TELLING ME.
>> BASICALLY.
I'VE HAD MORE TRAINING THAN THE
AVERAGE PLASTIC SURGERY.
EIGHT MORE YEARS TRAINING.
DENTISTRY TAUGHT ME TO HAVE A
STABLE HAND.
WHEN YOU'RE HOLD AGO DRILL,
RUNNING A 300,000 RPM.
DENTISTRY TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE
STABLE WITH MY HANDS AND HOW TO
BE MORE PRECISE.
THAT HELPED ME WITH MY PLASTIC
SURGERY AS IMMORE PRECISE AND
DETAIL ORIENTED IN DOING MY
SURGERIES.
>> I GOT TO BRAG ON YOU MORE
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONLY BOARD
CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON IN THE
UNITED STATES WITH TWO IVY
LEAGUE DEGREE WORKS DOCTORATE
DEGREES AND TWO SURGICAL
RESIDENCIES.
SO YOU REALLY, YOU COME WITH A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
LET'S SEE SOME OF YOUR WORK.
LET'S START LOOKING AT SOME OF
YOUR ACTUAL PATIENTS.
OUR FIRST ONE, THIS IS A SIDE
VIEW.
THE OBLIQUE VIEW.
LET'S TALK THROUGH THIS.
>> THIS IS A YOUNG WOMAN, SHE
TRIED EVERYTHING.
SHE TRIED EVERYTHING, DIETING,
EXERCISING.
SHE HADN'T LOST HER MID SECTION.
SHE WANT ADD NEW SELF IN A NEW
BODY.
SHE CAME ASK ASKED WHAT I COULD
DO.
I OFFERED HER THE TIMELESS TUCK.
WE DID LIPOSUCTION IN THE
ABDOMEN AND THE AREA AND TOOK
OUT THE SKIN IN TERMS OF A TUMMY
TUCK.
SHE GOT THE TIMELESS TUCK.
>> I'M JUST AMAZED, IT'S KIND OF
A LITTLE JELLY BELLY.
BUT THEN GOES TO THIS ABSOLUTE
FLAT TUMMY.
HOW LONG IS THE DIFFERENCE IN
THIS?
>> THE DIFFERENCE IN BEFORE AND
AFTER PICTURES IS TWO MONTHS.
>> WOW.
AND TRADITIONAL CHANGE IN DRESS
SIZE FOR A WOMAN, WHAT MIGHT SHE
SEE?
>> AT LEAST BETWEEN A TWO TO SIX
SIZES.
>> REALLY?
>> AND MORE, DEPENDING ON THE
BODY TYPE.
THE BIGGER YOU ARE, THE MORE I
CAN TAKE DOWN.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR PATIENT
NUMBER TWO.
THIS ONE, I HAVE TO ASK, SO IN
THE BEFORE PICTURE, WHAT'S THE
BACKGROUND THERE?
>> THIS WOMAN HAD AN EMERGENCY
APPENDIX SURGERY WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD.
SHE'S WAITED FIVE DECADES TO GET
THIS DONE.
SHE'S ALWAYS HATED HER BODY AND
AS SHE'S GAINING WEIGHT, THE
WEIGHT GAINED AROUND THE SCAR
AND THE SCAR DENTED HER BODY.
SO SHE CAME TO ME, WANTING TO
REDUCE THIS TUMMY AND SHE DIDN'T
LIKE HOW THE SCARS WERE.
>> I BET SHE HAD SOME SERIOUS
TEARS OF JOY AFTER THAT FLAT
TUMMY CAME ALONG.
>> SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN.
THE REASON WHY SHE TOOK SO LONG
TO GET THIS DONE IS THAT SHE
ALWAYS PUT OTHERS FIRST.
DOING CHARITIES AND COMMUNITY
WORK.
SHE DIDN'T PUT HERSELF FIRST.
SO BASICALLY AFTER FIVE DECADES,
SHE'S A LITTLE OLDER THAN FIVE
DECADES.
BUT IT'S HER TIME.
SO IT WAS HER TIME AND HER TURN
TO DO HERSELF.
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GUYS.
DO YOU SEE A LOT OF MEN THAT
COME IN?
>> YEAH.
PLASTIC SURGERY IS NOT JUST FOR
WOMEN NO ADAYS.
ESPECIALLY TUMMY TUCKS.
MORE AND MORE MEN ARE HAVING
PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES,
ESPECIALLY TUMMY TUX AS WELL.
THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, HE'S AN
OLDER GENTLEMAN.
HE'S ACTIVE AND HEALTHY.
AND HE LOST ABOUT 100 POUNDS AND
HE HAD A LOT OF LOOSE SKIN IN
THE LOWER ABDOMEN, AS WELL AS
UPPER ABDOMEN AND THE REST OF
HIS TRUNK.
HE WANTED TO GET RID OF IT.
HE WANTS TO PURSUE AN ACTIVE
LIFESTYLE, BUT THE LOOSE SKIN
LIKE YOU SAY, IT GETS IN THE WAY
SOMETIMES.
>> BECAUSE FOR SOMEBODY THAT
DOES LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT, THAT
SKIN ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE, IS
IT?
>> NO, IT JUST STAYS.
THE MORE WEIGHT YOU LOSE, THE
MORE LOOSE THE SKIN GETS.
SOMEHOW THAT SKIN NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN AWAY WITH A TUMMY TUCK.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
PATIENT.
I GOT TO SAY, THIS IS
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
THAT CONTOURING ON THE SIDE, ON
THE OBLIQUE SOCIAL SECURITY
AMAZING.
>> THIS IS ABOUT A MIDDLE AGE
WOMAN.
SHE HAS A NATURAL CURVE.
BUT YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT
UNDER ALL THE FLUFF THAT SHE HAS
AROUND IT.
SO BASICALLY AFTER UNDERGOING
THE TIMELESS TUCK, SHE GOT HER
HOUR GLASS SHAPE BACK.
>> I HAVE TO LAUGH.
REDUCE THE FLUFF.
WE ALL AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE
FEEL LIKE THAT.
IT'S AMAZING THAT THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE CONTOURING.
OUR LAST PATIENT LOOKING AT THAT
ONE, AGAIN, YOU WERE ABLE TO
REALLY CONTOUR IN AND GETTING
ALMOST THAT HOUR GLASS FIGURE
THAT SO MANY WOMEN STRIVE FOR.
>> RIGHT.
THIS LAST PICTURE IS A SINGLE
MOM.
SHE HAS A FEW KIDS ALREADY AND
SHE TRIED CROSS FIT AND EXERCISE
AND JUST CAN'T GET RID OF THE
MID SECTION.
SO SHE WANTED HER SEXY BACK.
SO BASICALLY --
>> YOU HELPED HER DO IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SHE GOT IT BACK.
>> SO I'M HEARING TALK BEING
THIS, FOR THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
THAT YOU SEEM TO BE TALK BEING
PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE,
THAT MADE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES.
BUT JUST NEED A LITTLE EXTRA
HELP TO GET THAT ULTIMATE POD
THAT THEY WANT.
>> RIGHT.
ANY TYPE OF SURGICAL PROCEDURE
IS FOR HEALTHY PATIENTS.
YOU HAVE TO BE A HEALTHY
CANDIDATE FIRST WITHOUT
SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
AND YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY
TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT AND LEAD
AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE SO YOU CAN
GET HELP FROM SURGERY TO GET YOU
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
>> THIS TIMELESS TUCK CAN HELP
SOMEBODY THAT LOST A LOT OF
WEIGHT, HELP A WOMAN WHO HAD
MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES.
I SAW THE ONES THAT YOU HAD WITH
THE SURGERY.
IT ALSO HELPS IF YOU HAVE SCARS
FROM OLD SURGERIES, TOO.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> LET'S TALK REAL QUICK P
RECOVERY TIME.
>> USUALLY INITIALLY, THE
INITIAL HEAL SOMETHING TWO WEEKS
WITH A TIMELESS TUCK.
THE MORE YOU DO, OBVIOUSLY THE
MORE TIME YOU NEED TO HEAL.
TWO WEEKS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL
ACTIVITY.
IT CAN TAKE FROM SIX TO EIGHT
WEEKS TO GET TO FULL WORKOUT
ACTIVITIES.
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