New Best Practices to Improve the Tummy Tuck Experience and Results

Before Tummy Tuck

Six months after a tummy tuck

The keys to a good tummy tuck experience: Drainless Technique, Attractive Belly Button, Exparel, Good Scar Placement, and Liposuction.

Patients can often cover up the lower abdominal tummy tuck scar with clothing, but the belly button is visible. That is why it is so important to create a natural appearance to the belly button”

— Robert J Paresi Jr., MD

DOWNERS GROVE, IL, UNITED STATES, August 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A drainless technique is the first key to a good tummy tuck experience. The number one complaint of patients after a tummy tuck is the presence of drains. Drainless techniques have been optimized over the last fifteen years resulting in a much better postoperative experience. Creation of a natural, aesthetically pleasing, belly button is the second key to a good tummy tuck result. The belly button is the most visible part of a tummy tuck after recovery. “Patients can often cover up the lower abdominal tummy tuck scar with clothing, but the belly button is visible. That is why it is so important to create a natural appearance to the belly button,” says double-board certified plastic surgeon Robert J Paresi Jr, MD, MPH.

The third key to a good tummy tuck experience is the use of Exparel and Journavx for better postoperative pain control especially in patients receiving a muscle plication or repair. Exparel is a long-lasting local anesthetic that is injected at the time of surgery in the abdominal wall. It lasts for five days after surgery allowing for better postoperative pain control and less need for narcotics. Journavx is a newer generation non-narcotic pain medication that avoids the side effects and addiction potential related to narcotics.

Low position of the lower abdominal incision is the fourth key to a good tummy tuck result. Lower abdominal incisions placed as low as possible allow patients to cover up their scars after surgery.

The fifth key to a good tummy tuck result is the use of liposuction of the waist and/or back bra rolls in combination with the tummy tuck. This allows for the creation of a better, more defined waistline which is one of the main goals of patients seeking a tummy tuck.

Patients considering a tummy tuck should consider these five keys to a better tummy tuck experience and result when seeking a provider.

Robert J. Paresi Jr, MD
Contour Plastic Surgery and MedSpa
+1 630-426-6019
drparesi@contourplasticsurgery.com
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A discussion about tummy tucks with double-board certified plastic surgeon Robert J Paresi Jr, MD

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