Smart-Lipo patient loses post-pregnancy stomach

The relatively new procedure Smart-Lipo has helped one woman to get rid of her post-pregnancy stomach.

That is according to CBS 2, which reported on the case of Liz Howard, a woman who gained 47 pounds during her pregnancy and was having great difficulty getting rid of her belly after the birth of her child.

Talking to CBS 2, Ms Howard explained that she exercised extensively to rid herself of the weight she had gained while carrying her child.

She said: "I did exercising, I did a lot of Pilates classes, weight lifting, but everything went except for the little mommy pouch."

Consequently she made the decision to go to Dr Bruce Katz at the Juva Skin & Laser Center in the US for
liposuction to sort out her paunch and sagging skin.

Dr Katz explained that not only did the surgery succeed in removing excess skin, it also had the secondary benefit of tightening the skin.

It worked, he said by stimulating "new collagen from under the surface of the skin, in the dermis".

According to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, there were 3,249 liposuction procedures carried out by BAAPS members in 2008.