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Abdominoplasty
(Also tummy tuck.) - a procedure that minimizes the abdominal area. In abdominoplasty, the surgeon makes a long incision from one side of the hipbone to the other. Excess fat and skin are surgically removed from the middle and lower abdomen and the muscles of the abdomen wall are tightened.

Anesthesia
Lack of a normal sensation brought on by an anesthetic drug.

Anomaly
A health problem or feature not normally present in a healthy individual; a deviation from the normal.

Areola
Dark area of skin that surrounds the nipple of the breast.

Asymmetry
Lacking symmetry; parts of the body are unequal in shape or size.

Augmentation Mammoplasty
(See Breast Augmentation)

Autologous
Patients own

Autologous tissue breast reconstruction
The use of the patient's own tissues to reconstruct a new breast mound. The common technique is the TRAM (transverse rectus abdominous muscle) flap. A TRAM flap involves removing an area of fat, skin, and muscle from the abdomen and stitching it in place to the mastectomy wound.

Consulting -
woman to woman