Tighter Tummies

• Friday June 2, 2006 in: Cut the Gut Tag(s):

  Getting bulging biceps, pectorals, or calves when working out is easy enough. Getting ripped abs like Brad Pitt, however, is an entirely different matter.

  A flat and tight tummy is not the easiest thing to attain. You could do 2000 abdominal crunches a day, add 700 daily sit-ups for good measure, eat the right food, and forever forsake sodas and beer, and still have extremely annoying baggage clinging around your midsection.

  Of course, a protruding belly won't make you a chick magnet, so you pay much closer attention to getting those six-packs. However, you have to face the possibility that you're one of those unfortunate ones whose fat deposits just won't respond to diet or exercise, no matter how well-planned or intense.

  This is a cruel fact of nature, and you would do well to accept it. But if you're willing to do whatever it takes so you can jog shirtless around your neighborhood with your shirt off, then a tummy tuck might just be a good idea.

  Formally known as abdominoplasty, a tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgery procedure done to tightens the abdominal wall muscles through the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen. There are actually two types of abdominoplasty: complete and partial. A full tummy tuck usually takes two to five hours, while a partial tummy tuck only takes 1 to 2 hours of your time.

  For a better body contour, many patients undergo a tummy tuck in conjunction with liposuction so that stubborn fat deposits could be removed as well.

  But before you decide to get any of these procedures done, remember that just like in any other type of surgery, a patient faces possible side effects and other risks. That's why it's essential for you to consult first with qualified and experienced cosmetic surgeons. It would then be up to them to decide whether you're fit enough to undergo a tummy tuck.

Or...
You can have "six-pack surgery," also known as "abdominal etching." Or, not. Please don't. I work in FL at a center that specializes in liposuction in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, and yes, if you're having difficulty with unwanted fat around your midsection, a tummy tuck might help, or a tummy tuck and liposuction, or maybe just lipo. I say "might help" because you do have to already be practicing a healthy lifestyle AND maintain one after surgery, because while lipo can reduce the number of fat cells in a given area (you're born with only so many, btw), the ones that remain can increase in size.
Anonymous at 8:07pm on Nov 19, 2007
Virtually any one can work their way to a six pack!
This idea of using surgery to get ripped is unhealthy for mind and body. work for what you want. just about anyone can have a sixpack, and talking about fat deposits on the stomach is just slacking! visit burnthefat.com and you will learn everything you could need to know from Tom Venuto, its cheaper, healthier and lasts longer.
I stuggled for years with my six pack, i tend to store all my fat around my waste, but i finally cracked the problem thanks to Tom Venuto!
Anonymous at 1:52pm on Jan 22, 2008