Cosmetic shortcut genius or abomination?
You no longer need to do a million crunches — or get an ab tattoo — to score cheese grater abs. American men with sagging stomachs are increasingly turning to a new plastic surgery operation to help them develop a six-pack without having to do a single sit-down.
“It’s more like creating that six-pack and creating ‘V lines’ and giving someone that more athletic, toned physique that traditional liposuction can’t really achieve,” said Dr. Josef Hadeed, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon in California and Florida, told Fox News.
He specializes in the “ab-etching” procedure known as high-definition liposuction, which essentially involves surgically sculpting the stomach muscles.
The way it works is that surgeons remove fat from “vertical lines” and “horizontal lines” above the belly button to “create the illusion of someone having a six-pack,” Hadeed explained of the literal 6-minute ab procedure. Sometimes the fat is also moved to other places to help create a bigger, fuller belly aesthetic – like real human sculpting.
As the name suggests, high-definition lipo offers a degree of definition not offered by the traditional procedure, which removes fat and volume but does not deal with the underlying “anatomy.”
Patients have been over the moon about their insta-abs.
“I bought this belly,” Brazilian Junior Carvalho, 52, who had the stomach surgery in 2022 after hours of training failed to produce the desired results, told the Washington Post. “When I see people looking at me, the feeling is incredible.”
After the operation, the divorcee was dating someone 16 years younger and was not afraid to walk on the beach shirtless.
While the procedure has been an obsession in plastic surgery-obsessed Brazil for some time, there has recently been an increase in men in the US looking to slow down their makeup. rolls.
“I’m definitely seeing an increase in requests for high-definition liposuction for men,” said Dr. Joubin Gabbay, MD, medical director at Gabbay Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, California, told Fox News. “They are coming with specific requests for a defined and carved contour.”
Dr. Finny George, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon and partner at New York Plastic Surgical Group, who has seen an increase in requests for this cosmetic chisel, attributes the phenomenon, in part, to the fact that it is “becoming more socially acceptable for men to have plastic surgery.”
According to a 2022 report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, overall cosmetic surgery for men has increased 207% since 2019, according to the 2022 ASPS report.
They claim that many men are looking for a more youthful look to “maintain career vitality”, despite many women’s apparent love of the “daddy”.
Coincidentally, Arizona sales coach Andy Elliott got ripped online after controversially claiming that he won’t hire anyone who doesn’t have laundry abs.
Although certainly appealing, high-definition liposuction has some caveats. First, those who go under the knife shouldn’t expect to look like a fitness model, just a “more refined version of themselves,” Hadeed warned, adding that losing or gaining a ton of weight after surgery can affect the results. .
In fact, surgeons warn that belly growth is not fast.six solution, but actually requires a lot of effort to maintain, just like its crisis-induced equivalent.
“I think the treatment is certainly effective in helping many people achieve the six-pack look, but it takes work and maintenance to maintain,” Gabbay said. “It is important to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle and avoid large weight fluctuations after the procedure.”
Paradoxically, patients with a sedentary lifestyle and a heavy diet may be considered unsuitable for surgery for this very reason.
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