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Tummy Tuck in Miami – A Preventative Measure for Bikini Season

Let’s face it: here in Miami? Nobody wants to look out of shape for bathing suit season. It’s no fun to don a bikini when your confidence levels are in the tank. On the flip side? Imagine stepping foot onto Miami’s famous white sandy beaches, surrounded by some of the sexiest bodies on the planet, and to feel like you fit right in. Your confidence really takes a much needed boost in this scenario, and in turn many areas of your life are affected.

Plastic Surgery Institute in Miami wants to see you confidently wearing that bikini on the beach, and if a tummy tuck is what it takes to do that, we’d love to be the ones to help. The truth is, aesthetics aside, a tummy tuck will do more than improve your physical appearance. A tummy tuck will help improve your overall physical health, as well as your mental health before things go downhill. In that way, we at PSI Miami consider the tummy tuck a preventative measure.

What, Exactly, Is a Tummy Tuck?

Technically referred to as an abdominoplasty, a tummy tuck is performed in order to rejuvenate and contour the abdominal area. Surgeons typically target the lower abdominal area and the excess fat and skin surrounding in order to rein in that perfect tummy and tiny waistline. Not only are fat and skin affected, but tummy tuck doctors as PSI Miami also work to improve stretch marks. Tummy tucks can be done in different variations – some are much more minimally invasive than others; the most extensive tummy tucks are completed alongside liposuction, though mini-tummy tucks can be just as effective without it.

Why Choose PSI Miami for Your Tummy Tuck?

Experience aside, we aren’t a huge practice; you won’t get lost in our system; you are not just a number, or a statistic. We are a small practice based in Miami who has only one interest in mind, and that’s you. Here’s what you need to know: we were founded and are still entirely owned by doctors, not investors, not businessmen, not people who don’t have a stake in the game in terms of your health and safety.

In addition, we pride ourselves on the variety in our staff – we have all American Board of Plastic Surgery Certified doctors with specific expertise tailored to meet any one need exceptionally well. In other words, if you’d like a tummy tuck procedure completed, we won’t have a general surgeon working with you, you’ll be working with the best in our surgeons who only work with plastic surgery and tummy tuck procedures in Miami. This ensures that you have only the most experienced surgeons working with you, and you’re guaranteed to get results that align.  

Our Miami tummy tuck doctors and surgeons are some of the best in the industry, and people fly from all over the country to be under their care.  Put quite simply, education and experience are our assets. You can rest assured that when you choose one of our doctors, you are in great hands to see some great results. We have three American Board of Plastic Surgery certified doctors at PSI Miami: Dr. Altman and Dr. Ghersi. Each of our doctors brings a unique and thorough range of experience, and each one has handled several hundred tummy tucks in their professional careers.

If our experience isn’t enough, understand that we pride ourselves on patient care to make sure that your procedure goes smoothly, as well as your recovery time. This means that we do everything we can in our power to ensure that the surgery goes well for optimal results, but we also empower each patient to move forward in a knowledgable way so that they can take care of themselves in a healthy way moving forward. We wholeheartedly believe in a teamwork approach between doctor and patient.

As a Preventative Measure

Fat that gets out of control, no matter where it is, can be a sign that things are starting to go wrong in the body. As fat accumulates, it becomes harder to correct any issue that may arise. Exercise becomes harder, cravings become more difficult to manage, stress levels become more affected. Having a tummy tuck done is, in this regard, a preventative measure. Eliminating excess fat may make it easier to exercise, it may make your heart healthier, and it will without a doubt give you a much needed boost in confidence, which will help eliminate depression and anxiety.

Don’t delay; if you want to take your health into your hands, look better, feel better, and be healthier overall, call or visit us at PSI Miami. We’d love to sit down with you to address questions and concerns, and create a game plan for your health.