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tummy tuck

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. plastic surgery of the abdomen involving removal of excess fatty tissue and excess skin; abdominoplasty.


tummy tuck British  

noun

  1. an informal name for abdominoplasty

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Because a tummy tuck looks great,” she said, “but a tummy tuck on a patient who has also lost 20 pounds may be even greater.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 29, 2024

Among other achievements, he pioneered techniques to remove excess skin from patients who had lost significant amounts of weight from bariatric surgery — a sort of extreme tummy tuck.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2024

But the standard mommy makeover entails a tummy tuck and breast augmentation.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2023

"They only gave me lipo in my stomach and my love handles and transferred it to my butt. I had to choose between a BBL or a tummy tuck," she recalled.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2023

We were initially told the Americans were in town for health tourism - a cheap Mexican tummy tuck that went about as badly wrong as possible.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2023

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