Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)

Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) by Dr Mark Duncan-Smith, FRACS plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Mount Medical Centre West Perth. Addresses post-pregnancy or post-weight-loss abdominal skin redundancy, stretched rectus abdominis muscle (diastasis recti), and lower abdominal fat. Full or mini abdominoplasty with scar placed low in the bikini line. Often combined with liposuction for comprehensive abdominal contouring.

Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) at Mount Medical Centre West Perth is performed by Dr Mark Duncan-Smith FRACS, specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon, from his private rooms at 146 Mounts Bay Road, West Perth, Western Australia. Abdominoplasty is one of the most commonly requested body contouring procedures in Australia, particularly among post-partum women and individuals who have achieved significant weight loss, as it addresses three anatomical changes that diet, exercise, and non-surgical body treatments cannot reverse: excess, lax skin of the lower abdomen that hangs as an apron (pannus) below the umbilicus; diastasis recti — the separation of the paired rectus abdominis muscles at the midline linea alba that occurs during pregnancy, causing a central abdominal bulge that worsens with core exercise and cannot be corrected by physiotherapy alone; and residual lower abdominal subcutaneous fat. In a standard full abdominoplasty, a horizontal elliptical excision of the lower abdominal skin and fat is made from hip to hip, with the upper incision at the umbilicus and the lower incision positioned in the natural suprapubic crease so the resulting scar sits within a bikini line. The umbilicus is detached, preserved on its stalk, and re-sutured in its correct anatomical position through a new opening in the repositioned upper abdominal skin. The rectus abdominis muscle separation is corrected by plication — a running suture drawing the medial edges of each rectus sheath back to the midline, creating a firm muscular corset and flattening the abdominal profile. Liposuction of the flanks and abdomen is commonly combined with abdominoplasty to achieve complete circumferential trunk contouring. In Perth and WA, where the post-pregnancy body confidence concern is a significant driver of elective surgery consultations, abdominoplasty with Dr Duncan-Smith offers FRACS-qualified surgical expertise with operating privileges at Mount Private Hospital and Cambridge Day Surgery, Wembley. The mini-abdominoplasty — a shorter scar variant without umbilicoplasty for patients with more limited lower skin excess — is also available for appropriate candidates. Recovery requires six weeks of restricted lifting and activity, with compression garment use for four to six weeks.