Abdominal Binder (Compression Garment)
Medical-grade elastic support worn continuously for 6 weeks after tummy tuck and liposuction to hold the healing skin flap against the tightened muscle wall and limit fluid collection.
Abdominoplasty (Full Tummy Tuck)
Surgical removal of loose lower abdominal skin and stretch-marked tissue from above the navel down to the pubic hairline, paired with midline muscle repair and umbilical transposition.
Augmentation Mastopexy
Combining a breast lift with a silicone implant during a mummy makeover to restore upper-pole volume lost after breastfeeding while raising the nipple-areola complex.
Caprini VTE Risk Score
Pre-operative clinical scoring tool used by Irish surgical teams to assess venous thromboembolism risk from theatre time, BMI, age and family history, guiding blood-thinning prophylaxis.
Diastasis Recti (Rectus Divarication)
Separation of the left and right six-pack muscles along the stretched midline linea alba after pregnancy, which leaves a forward dome or tummy pooch that core exercises alone cannot close.
Extended Abdominoplasty
A tummy tuck scar that continues past the hip bones onto the outer flanks to clear loose skin across the waist and love handles as well as the front of the abdomen.
Fleur-de-Lis Abdominoplasty
Two-axis tummy tuck combining a low horizontal bikini-line incision with a midline vertical incision to tighten both vertical and side-to-side skin laxity after major weight loss or twin pregnancies.
Lipoabdominoplasty
Modern combined technique blending flank and upper-abdominal liposuction with a full tummy tuck while preserving the lateral perforator blood vessels that feed the abdominal skin flap.
Mini Abdominoplasty
Shorter-scar procedure limited to the loose skin pocket below the belly button without detaching or moving the umbilicus, suited only when the upper abdomen and muscle wall above the navel are tight.
Mons Pubis Lift (Reduction)
Contouring and lifting a padded or sagging pubic mound through the lower tummy tuck incision so it lies flat and flush with the newly tightened lower abdomen.
Progressive Tension (Quilting) Sutures
Rows of internal absorbable stitches that tack the underside of the abdominal skin flap down to the muscle fascia, closing dead space and often removing the need for long surgical drains.
Rectus Sheath Plication
Two-layer internal stitching of the stretched fascia between the rectus muscles from the breastbone down to the pubic bone, pulling the waist in and restoring a flat muscular core.
Seroma
A pocket of clear straw-coloured fluid that can gather beneath the lifted abdominal skin flap during week 2 or 3 of recovery; small pockets absorb naturally while larger ones are aspirated in clinic.
Single-Stage vs Staged Mummy Makeover
Completing the breast and abdominal procedures under one general anaesthetic within a safe 3.5- to 4.5-hour theatre window, versus splitting them into two separate admissions 3 to 6 months apart.
Umbilical Transposition (New Belly Button Opening)
Keeping your natural belly button stalk attached to the muscle wall while pulling the upper abdominal skin down and creating a neat new opening for the navel at its anatomical height.