From Corsets to Tummy Tucks

Posted January 22, 2018 in True Form Tummy Tuck®

For hundreds of years, women have sought to accentuate a narrow, graceful waistline. From corsets to modern-day plastic surgery, a variety of techniques and approaches have helped women achieve their ideal figures. Dr. Patronella’s True Form Tummy Tuck® is the next step in this evolutionary process: it is a perfected surgery that produces a firm, toned abdomen with consistently attractive and natural-looking results.

A Brief History of Corsets

Corsets were traditionally worn by aristocratic women as early as the 1500s. By the 1800s, corsets became increasingly popular among everyday women. They also changed over time to emphasize a woman’s hourglass figure using stiffeners such as whalebone and metal. Corset styles gradually became increasingly exaggerated and squeezed a woman’s torso so tightly that concerns developed for women’s health. While a corset created a desirable body shape, it did so at risk to the woman’s health, with the prevention of physical exercise, poor muscle development, restriction of breathing, and exacerbation of illnesses such as tuberculosis. Corsets also only offered a temporary solution to the woman’s quest for her cosmetic ideal, since after a woman undressed, the corset could no longer reshape her figure.

A Cosmetic Evolution

With changes in fashion and social ideologies, corsets today are considerably few and far between, and women have turned to other ways to shrink their waistlines. However, many of these more modern techniques can still harm a woman’s health and may prove ineffective for long-term reshaping. Fortunately, plastic surgeons eventually developed the abdominoplasty procedure, which surgically alters the waistline in a safe way to produce a more aesthetically pleasing shape. Taking this a step further, Dr. Christopher Patronella pulled from a combination of modern medicine, science, and intellectual and artistic skill to develop his unique True Form Tummy Tuck®. This cosmetic evolution creates the desired outcome with long-lasting results and without the health hazards of corsets or other waist-shaping techniques.

The True Form Tummy Tuck®

Dr. Patronella’s True Form Tummy Tuck® takes a unique approach to perfecting the waistline. Using a strategic combination of skin removal, fat elimination, and muscle tightening, Dr. Patronella can create natural-looking abdominal contours that are narrow, slender, and smooth. Excess skin and fat that have accumulated after pregnancy, weight fluctuations, and aging are trimmed away; slackened abdominal muscles are tightened to create a permanent internal corset for the abdomen. The True Form Tummy Tuck® produces authentic abdominal contours with distinguishing soft transitions and an artfully sculpted appearance that is the epitome of sensual elegance, grace, and beauty.