BODY PROCEDURES

BODY SURGERY IN ANTALYA, TÜRKİYE

Tummy tuck and liposuction, usually after weight loss or pregnancy, planned around what your skin will actually do rather than around a target measurement. Where significant weight loss has left loose skin on the arms or thighs, the same principle applies: the operation is chosen for the location of the excess skin, not from a menu.

Every operation is performed by Dr. Seckin Oksar in a licensed hospital in Antalya, with a board-certified anaesthetist. No type of liposuction is a substitute for diet and exercise, and no operation will change your looks to match an ideal — before you decide, think carefully about your expectations and discuss them at the consultation. To start, contact us with photographs; you will have an honest opinion within one working day.

BODY PROCEDURES

Full Tummy Tuck

In a full tummy tuck a new belly button is created and the muscles are tightened from the lower chest down to the pubis, with the excess skin removed. The scar usually runs from hip to hip, placed low enough to sit beneath underwear.

It is frequently performed together with liposuction in the same operation to obtain the best contour. Whether that is right for you, and how much skin will actually retract, is decided at the examination rather than assumed.

ScarHip to hip, placed low
Often combined withLiposuction
Hospital stay1 night
Stay in Antalya7 to 10 nights

Mini Tummy Tuck

If the fat deposits and loose skin are limited to the area below the navel, a less complex procedure — a partial abdominoplasty, or mini tummy tuck — may be all that is needed. The belly button stays in its current place.

The fat below the navel is removed and the muscles are tightened, but only from the navel to the pubis, which keeps the scar shorter. As with the full operation, it is frequently combined with liposuction to obtain the best result.

Belly buttonStays where it is
Muscle repairNavel to pubis
ScarShorter than a full tummy tuck
Often combined withLiposuction

Liposuction

Liposuction sculpts the body by removing unwanted fat from specific areas — the abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees, upper arms, chin, cheeks and neck. It can remove stubborn areas of fat that do not respond to weight loss, but it is not a substitute for diet and exercise.

The best candidates are people of normal weight with firm, elastic skin and pockets of excess fat in certain areas. Age is not the deciding factor, but skin that has lost its elasticity will not retract the same way. At the consultation you may hear that a tummy tuck, or a combination of the two, would meet your goal better than liposuction alone.

AreasAbdomen, hips, thighs, arms, chin, neck
Best candidatesNormal weight, elastic skin
Not a substitute forDiet and exercise
Stay in Antalya7 to 10 nights

Arm Lift

Significant weight loss often leaves stretched, loose, hanging skin on the upper arms; skin laxity also increases with age. An arm lift removes the excess skin through incisions placed in the underarm and, if needed, the groove of the biceps, firming the whole area down to the elbow.

Temporary bruising, swelling and soreness are expected and improve after about a week; an elastic garment is worn to help the swelling settle. Light activity resumes after a few days, driving and work after seven to ten days, and heavy lifting or strenuous activity after four weeks. It is often combined with a tummy tuck, thigh lift or breast uplift after major weight loss.

Operating time2 to 3 hours
IncisionsUnderarm and biceps groove
Driving and workAfter 7 to 10 days
Strenuous activityAfter 4 weeks

Thigh Lift

After significant weight loss the thigh and buttock area can be left with loose, hanging skin that makes walking, cycling and wearing shorts uncomfortable. A thigh lift removes the excess skin through incisions in the natural groin crease and lifts the tissue to smooth the whole area down towards the knee.

A thigh lift can be limited to the inner thigh or extended to the entire circumference of the leg; a lower body lift lifts the thigh and the buttock together. You are encouraged to walk on the day of surgery; driving and work resume after about ten days, strenuous activity after four weeks.

Operating time3 to 4 hours
IncisionsIn the groin crease
Driving and workAfter about 10 days
Strenuous activityAfter 4 weeks

Mommy Makeover

Pregnancy and breastfeeding change the body in ways that exercise cannot fully reverse: the breasts lose volume and sit lower, the abdominal muscles separate and the skin of the tummy stays loose. A mommy makeover combines the operations that address these changes — most often a breast uplift or augmentation with a tummy tuck, sometimes with liposuction of the waist and flanks — in a single session, with a single recovery.

The exact combination is planned at the consultation around your anatomy, your goals and whether you plan further pregnancies. Doing the operations together shortens the overall time away from family and work, but the recovery is that of the largest operation in the plan, and it is not offered to everyone; general health, weight and the time since your last pregnancy all matter.

Operating time4 to 6 hours
Hospital stay1 to 2 nights
Driving and workAfter about 2 weeks
Strenuous activityAfter 6 weeks

Times are typical, not promises. Every operation involves some risk; the risks specific to each procedure are discussed with you at the consultation, before you decide.

MEET DR. SECKIN OKSAR

Board-Certified Aesthetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Board-certified aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgeon, with over 6,500 aesthetic and reconstructive operations — all in the one clinic in Antalya he founded in 2000, and never a second branch. A member of ISAPS, ASPS, AAFPRS and the Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. He speaks English, French and Turkish with his patients, without a translator in the middle.

Meet Dr. Seckin Oksar

MEMBER OF

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons

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