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Lose Belly Fat and Get a Flat Stomach with Laser Liposuction

We all want to lose belly fat and have a flat stomach, but the amount of exercise and diet required to have strong abs is beyond what most of us can reasonably achieve. As we get older, past 30, our body metabolism slows down and it becomes much more difficult to lose belly fat. Those of us who do sedentary jobs that do not involve vigorous physical activity experience laxity in our abdominal muscles that normally hold our stomach contents tight to create a flat stomach. As we gain weight and our muscles relax, we develop a protruding abdomen or belly.

Women who have had babies find it very difficult to lose belly fat and have a flat stomach. I have seen hundreds of very fit, health conscious and physically active women in my office who have done everything right and just can’t lose the belly fat caused by pregnancy. The tummy tuck or mini tummy tuck has helped many people to have a flat abdomen, but many do not want the surgery and the scars associated with the surgery.

The new laser liposuction technology allows me to offer patients who want to lose abdominal fat and have a flat abdomen an effective and minimally invasive procedure that in many cases is as effective as a tummy tuck.

What Causes Belly Fat and Stomach Fat?

There are several components that cause fat in the stomach, tummy or flabby belly. Laser liposuction can remove abdominal fat from under the skin and achieve skin tightening of the sagging skin on the abdomen. However, laser liposuction cannot tighten the stomach muscles or abdominal muscles. To tighten your stomach muscles, you will need to do stomach or abdominal exercises.

Laser liposuction also cannot remove fat from inside the abdomen, intra-abdominal fat, called mesenteric fat, which wraps around the intestine. If you are very overweight or obese, only a meaningful diet will help you lose the belly fat that is inside your abdomen.

The various causes of belly fat or a fat belly or tummy are:

– Intra-abdominal fat-Fat has a very important survival function. Fat stores energy to provide nutrition during periods when we do not have adequate food intake. Therefore, fat is a survival mechanism during periods of starvation. Fat is stored within the abdomen in a structure called the mesentery. The mesentery envelops our intestines and supports the intestines. There can be large amounts of fat in the mesentery when we are overweight or obese. When there is excess intra-abdominal fat in the mesentery, the fat actually pushes and stretches the muscles of our abdominal wall and creates a fat belly. Only diet or caloric restriction can cause intra-abdominal fat to be used for energy production and disappear.

– Laxity of the abdominal wall-The abdominal muscles (abdominal wall), called abdominals, support our intestines and the abdominal contents in the abdomen. These muscles can stretch and loosen after extensive weight gain, pregnancy, and inactivity. When the abdominal muscles, or abdominal wall, lose tone, are stretched or relaxed, the contents of the interior of the abdomen push the abdominal wall forward and create a thick belly or paunch. Tightening of the abdominal wall, which is restoring the tone of the abdominal or abdomen muscles, can only be achieved with abdominal exercises and conditioning of the abdominal muscles or with abdominoplasty or tummy tuck.

– Subcutaneous fat under the skin of the belly– The fat directly under the skin of the abdomen also stores fat. This fat is called subcutaneous fat (under the skin) and is normally about 1/2 inch thick in most people. When we gain weight and have excess fat, this layer of subcutaneous fat becomes thicker, sometimes up to 4 or 5 inches thick. Laser liposuction is a very effective technique to remove subcutaneous fat. The heat from the laser melts the fat into a thin liquid that is easily removed by suction through very small tubes called cannulas.

– Loose belly skin-Multiple pregnancies and repeated weight gain stretch the abdominal skin and create sagging skin on the belly or tummy. The biggest advancement in laser liposuction is the laser’s ability to tighten the skin on the stomach. Previous liposuction techniques removed fat, but left the skin loose on the abdomen or abdomen after fat removal. With laser liposuction, the heat from the laser tightens the skin during the laser fat dissolving process.

Laser liposuction to lose abdominal fat and flatten the stomach

Because fiber laser liposuction dissolves fat into a thin liquid, removing the fat is much easier. This allows the surgeon to use very small tubes or cannulas to suction the fat from the skin of the abdomen. As a result, all that is needed are very small holes, usually placed inside the belly button. This means very small, almost invisible scars. Also, in my experience, after laser liposuction, skin is smooth without the bumps, bumps, and contour deformities often seen with traditional liposuction.

Skin tightening using this new technique has been truly remarkable in my experience. In patients who are fit and not overweight, I have been able to laser body sculpting to truly reveal the contour of the abdominal muscles after healing. In the words of one of my patients, “I got my six pack back.”

My patients seem to recover more quickly after this new procedure. Many say they felt fine the day after the procedure. However, I ask my patients not to return to vigorous or strenuous activities or training for at least two weeks.

If you are not obese or very overweight and want to improve the contour of your abdomen, then these new techniques may be what you are looking for.

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