Abdominal etching

The first consultation is essential to understand your request and your motivations. Depending on your morphology and your anatomy, your surgeon will determine his operating strategy.

Your surgeon carries out a precise and exhaustive examination of your body to assess the quantity of fatty tissue and to verify that the quality of your skin is sufficiently elastic to qualify for abdominal etching.

An interview about your sports and eating habits is also recommended during this consultation.

A preoperative check-up will be carried out in accordance with the prescriptions.

In some cases, abdominal etching takes place on an outpatient basis or with overnight hospitalization, sometimes under general anesthesia but most often local anesthesia under sedation may be sufficient . The choice of the technique will be made between you, your anesthesiologist and your surgeon.

A consultation with your anesthesiologist will take place a few days before your procedure.

Your surgeon will adapt his operating strategy according to your particular case in order to obtain the best possible result.

He begins by drawing detailed and precise markings of the abdominal and pectoral muscles.

Then he will perform liposculpture, which consists of removing fat from specific places to highlight your muscular structure.

Through small incisions, the surgeon will remove fat in certain areas and redistribute it in other areas to accentuate the muscles of the abdomen and the white line.

The incisions are very small and the scars will be almost invisible. At the end of the operation, the surgeon places a modeling dressing to fix the skin to the muscle and bone structures. Finally, a postoperative compression panty is placed over the modeling dressing.

The abdominal etching procedure generally lasts from 2 to 3 hours, depending on the objectives to be achieved.

Abdominal etching is an intervention in which the pain is similar to strong aches . It can be relieved with a simple analgesic treatment.

Swelling and bruising in the abdomen may appear and resolve within 3 weeks. Most patients are able to return to normal work after one week. Sport activities can be resumed after a month.

The bandage and sheath must be continuously worn for 10 days. The sheath should be worn for another month. Compression stockings are worn for 14 days, and anticoagulant injections are prescribed for 14 days.

For a quick recovery, it is recommended to avoid putting too much pressure on the abdominal area or lifting heavy objects for 2 weeks.

Manual lymphatic drainage from the first days, followed by drainage by Endermologie® will ease the resorption of edema and accelerate the healing.

The muscular reliefs are immediately visible but for a definitive result, it is necessary to wait 3 to 6 months for the skin to soften, for the subcutaneous tissues to deflate and for the skin to stick completely to the areas of muscular insertion.

The final result is spectacular. It can be fully appreciated after 6 months and usually brings great satisfaction to the patients. It should be noted that the result will be definitive if you keep a healthy lifestyle and practice sport regularly, but may be compromised in the event of weight gain or cessation of sporting activities.

The goal of this surgery is to bring an improvement and not to achieve perfection. If your wishes are realistic, the result should give you great satisfaction.