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Preparations: Prior To Surgery

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Beverly Hills tummy tuck

When going in for a plastic surgery procedure, your surgeon will provide very specific instructions prior to surgery so you will have an optimal and safe experience. These include- what medications to avoid to prevent excessive bleeding and bruising, required medical exams, what to eat and drink prior to surgery, and the prescription of an anti-nausea pill to take on the morning of the surgery. In all cases, you will be asked to have a reliable friend or family member take you home after the surgery, as you will not be allowed to drive. Some procedures do require overnight stay in an aftercare facility or a hospital.

Also, tend to all of your chores and to do things before your surgery so you don’t have to worry about taking care of things early during your recuperation. This means if you usually clean the house, you should do so in advance of your tummy tuck surgery. Have your hair cut and colored, wax your legs, pay your bills, and take your dog to the vet before your planned day of surgery!

Pre-operative Instructions from the Office of Dr. Sean Younai:

  • If you are older than 45 years, or have heart disease or diabetes, Los Angeles tummy tuck surgeons require a pre-operative EKG, which would either be done by your internist, cardiologist, or at our facility. Heart disease and all other medical illnesses need to be optimized, and you be cleared by an internist or specialist prior to surgery.
  • Pre-operative laboratory blood and urine tests are done usually within 10 days of your surgery date. If you do have health insurance this might be covered, otherwise, the laboratory will charge you.
  • If you are a smoker, live with a smoker, or use Nicotine products (patch, gum, or nasal spray) notify your Beverly Hills tummy tuck plastic surgeon well in advance of your surgery. You are not allowed to smoke or use Nicotine products for two weeks prior to and two weeks after your surgery, because it greatly increases your risk of having complications including loss of abdominal skin after surgery.
  • If you are anemic, or have a low blood count, please notify our office well in advance of surgery so that we can start you on Iron supplement. If you are anemic, you cannot have a tummy tuck Los Angeles plastic surgeons say.
  • If you have specific medical illnesses, allergies, or physical handicaps, please notify our staff during your pre-operative visit.
  • Please refrain from taking any Aspirin, Aleve, Advil, Motrin or other NSAID for ten days before your surgery. These drugs can increase the incidence of bleeding and bruising.
  • Do not drink or eat after midnight, the night before your surgery. This means no coffee or breakfast on the morning of your surgery. You should take all your medications with a little water. If you have to take diabetic medication or insulin, be sure to have instructions from our office on how much of it to take the morning of surgery.
  • Prior to your surgery you will be given a prescription for pain medication, antibiotics, and nausea medicine. Get these filled in advance and bring them with you to surgery.
  • Before leaving home for your surgery, take one “nausea pill”- COMPAZINE - with a little water.

You must make arrangements for a responsible adult friend or family member to take you home after surgery. You are not allowed to drive yourself home or take a taxi. After surgery, this caregiver is required to stay with you and to monitor and assist you for at least the first 24 hours after surgery. If you don’t have such a person, or live far away, or are having extensive or multiple procedures please let us know in advance so that we can help you make arrangements for a stay at an after-care facility or hospital.

Tummy tuck after weight loss in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles- High Tension Abdominoplasty TM

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Los angeles tummy tuck

Massive weight loss of more than 50 lbs carries many unwanted consequences. In Beverly Hills and Los Angeles many who have lost weight are undergoing tummy tuck or Abdominoplasty in order to regain their normal figure.

The incidence of body contouring procedures such as tummy tuck, body lift, arm lift/brachioplasty, and thigh lift are rapidly rising as more and more people are losing their unwanted weight with diet, exercise, and Bariatric surgery (gastric bypass, lap band).

Obesity not only causes accumulation of fat in the subcutaneous tissue around the torso, but also intra-abdominally. This gut fat pushes out against the abdominal wall and makes it stretch. Therefore, after weight loss a person is not only left with loose and hanging abdominal skin, but also with a weakened and protruding abdominal wall. Unfortunately, exercise cannot adequately strengthen the abdominal wall and people and left with a hanging belly.

Abdominoplasty or Tummy tuck after weight loss enables men and women of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles to restore their body to its normal shape and form. Beverly Hills abdominoplasty or tummy tuck accomplishes several goals:
1. Removal of excess hanging abdominal skin.
2. Removal of all or most of lower abdominal stretch marks.
3.
Tightening the abdominal wall and restoring its original integrity, firmness, and function.

A High Tension Abdominoplasty as developed by Dr. Younai, also helps to pull up the loss skin of the upper thighs and buttocks, while liposuctioning excess flank fat in order to create a more hour-glass waist. The result is not only a tight and smooth abdomen but also a curvaceous body.

While some men and women with massive weight loss after gastric bypass or lap band surgery only need a tummy tuck, the majority would need a different type of body contouring procedure which address the excess skin folds around the torso, chest, and thighs.

body liftPanniculectomy, which only removes the abdominal pannus, is best for those that haven’t lost all their excess fat and still have a heavy and large tummy fold. For those who are close to their ideal body weight or Body Mass Index, and only have excess torso skin a body lift is more appropriate. In Beverly Hills a body lift, belt lipectomy, Circumferential Torsoplasty, or lower body lift, basically removes the excess mid-torso skin. During a body lift a plastic surgeon lifts the buttocks in the back, pulls up and smoothens the loose outer thigh skin, as well as removes the hanging abdominal skin and tightens the abdominal wall. Because of its complexity a body lift is best performed by a board certified plastic surgeon that specializes in post-bariatric body contouring surgery.

Dr. Younai is a board certified plastic surgeon who is very experienced in all aspects of post-bariatric or massive weight loss plastic surgery. He not only performs High Tension Abdominoplasty and body lift, but also High-Volume Liposuction, brachioplasty or arm tuck, thigh lift or thigh reduction, upper body lift, breast lift or mastopexy, as well as face and neck lifts. These complex cosmetic and restorative surgeries can only be performed at a surgical facility which is fully accredidated and equipped. Dr. Younai utilizes Regency Surgery Center which is an AAACH accredidated, and Medicare Certified freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center. Here, patients are cared for by an experienced group of Board Certified Anesthesiologists and critical care nurses who work meticulously not only to ensure patient’s safety but also their comfort.

At the California Center for Plastic Surgery Dr. Sean Younai receives patients from the Northern as well as the Southern California region, including cities such as Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Glendale, Valencia, Palmdale, Fresno, Bakersfield, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, East Bay, San Jose, and Stockton.

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