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Tummy Tucks Aren’t Just For Lazy People

July 25th, 2011 by John Di Saia, M.D. in Health Tips, Opinion
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Recently at the gym (I workout three to five days a week mostly swimming laps in a pool,) I got into a conversation with a mom about tummy tuck surgery. This happens occasionally when you wear your CosmeticSurgeryTruth.com t shirt to the gym.

“I would never get a Tummy Tuck. I would just workout more.”

People do not see outside of their own experience very often. This pretty young mom would not benefit much by a Tummy Tuck as she had no “hanging apron” or much lose skin. Many gastric bypass patients or other women not as fortunate after pregnancy to have their bellies “snap back” have changes. And some of them workout several days a week too. Tummy Tuck surgery is not Read more »

*This blog post was originally published at Truth in Cosmetic Surgery*

Vocabulary Expando

July 25th, 2010 by RamonaBatesMD in Better Health Network, Humor, True Stories
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This past week I learned several new words and phrases. Allow me to share a few with you.

“Speedo sag” –- I learned of this phrase from a tweet from @BAAPSMedia:

Have just seen a cosmetic surgery press release about so-called “Speedo Sag”….Eww.

My first thought was the same as my OR crew, whom I polled. We all thought it had to have something to do with the parts of the male anatomy which should be covered by the Speedo, such as perhaps the scrotum. It doesn’t. Read more »

*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*