Patient Concerns: This 37 year old female was 5’5”, weighed 135 pounds. She had three pregnancies, underwent three cesarean sections and the second pregnancy involved one set of triplets. During the last two pregnancies, she had significant overstretching of the abdominal skin and she had moderate skin irritation beneath the overhanging abdominal skin flap. In addition, she was evaluate by a general surgeon with a diagnosis of an umbilical hernia and separation of the abdominal muscles with moderate bulging in the upper midline

Dr. Markus’ Treatment: She underwent umbilical hernia repair and repair of the muscle separation by a general surgeon. Abdominoplasty was performed at the same time, removing the markedly redundant abdominal skin with associated stretch marks. The skin above the belly button was repositioned to the lower portion of the belly and the belly button was relocated. In addition, suction lipectomy was performed to the flank region.

Patient Comments: ‘The surgery has changed my outlook on life. Instead of dreading what to wear, I can pick up something cute for myself, not my kids. Dr. Markus was wonderful – I felt like I was somebody special, my calls were never unanswered, no questions were too insignificant. That goes for the staff as well. I felt I was special, but I feel he treats all his patients that way.’