Learn abdominoplasty techniques, strategies, and surgical judgment

Successful abdominoplasty depends on more than a single technique. Consistent outcomes require appropriate patient selection, precise markings, thoughtful sequencing, sound tissue handling, and disciplined intraoperative decision-making.

This program teaches abdominoplasty techniques, strategies, and tactics in a structured, reproducible way. You will learn how to evaluate patients, select the appropriate approach, avoid common pitfalls, and execute surgery safely with predictable outcomes.
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The emphasis is on methods that hold up across body types, degrees of diastasis, and real-world clinical practice.

Advanced abdominoplasty techniques taught with clarity and clinical context

Umbilicoplasty and abdominal aesthetics
The umbilicus is a critical aesthetic landmark in abdominoplasty. In this course, you’ll learn modern approaches to umbilicoplasty, including scar-minimizing techniques and the decision-making behind when different methods are appropriate. Emphasis is placed on achieving natural appearance, durability, and consistency rather than relying on a single transposition method for all patients.

Multidirectional myofascial plication and diastasis repair
Abdominal wall laxity and diastasis vary widely between patients and cannot be addressed reliably with a single, one-size-fits-all approach. You will learn multidirectional myofascial plication strategies and how to select and execute them based on anatomy, degree of laxity, and surgical goals. These techniques allow for effective tightening across a wide range of clinical scenarios.
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Integrating liposuction with abdominoplasty
Modern abdominoplasty requires thoughtful integration of liposuction to achieve contour rather than thickness. This program teaches how to incorporate liposuction safely and strategically—enhancing shape while preserving perfusion and minimizing risk. The focus is on achieving a sculpted, proportionate abdomen without compromising safety.

These techniques are now essential for modern abdominal contouring

Body contouring practices are evolving. Surgeons who offer comprehensive abdominal reshaping — not just liposuction alone — are increasingly capturing a broader share of aesthetic patients and procedures.

When abdominoplasty is performed with contemporary marking strategies, structural planning, and integrated contouring, it becomes a natural extension of body contouring rather than a separate, outdated operation.

This course teaches you how to move beyond traditional, one-dimensional tummy tuck approaches and produce tighter, more contoured abdomens with refined aesthetic detail — including modern umbilical design and improved surface shaping.
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Demand for surgical body contouring continues to rise, particularly among patients seeking predictable results, efficient recovery, and high aesthetic standards. Surgeons who are prepared to meet these expectations are well positioned to expand their practices thoughtfully and sustainably.
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The goal is not speed or hype — it is readiness.

Learn from surgeons who teach what they actually do

You will be trained by a faculty with decades of focused experience in abdominoplasty and advanced body contouring — surgeons who perform these operations routinely and teach the techniques they rely on in their own practices.

Our programs are designed for physicians and licensed healthcare professionals across disciplines and experience levels. Training is individualized, practical, and progressive — allowing you to build from foundational principles to advanced execution as your skills evolve.

The techniques taught in this course are the product of thousands of cases, continuous refinement, and direct clinical feedback. As your ability grows, the depth of instruction grows with you.

For more than 20 years, our graduates have gone on to build successful aesthetic practices, adopt higher standards of surgical planning, and become educators and leaders in their own regions.

Instruction is available in English and Spanish, with native fluency in both.

As an ISCG training program, this course also connects you to an international professional society committed to ongoing education, collaboration, and long-term professional development.
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You will leave confident, prepared, and equipped to apply what you’ve learned responsibly.

This course is appropriate if:

You are a licensed physician or healthcare professional and:

• You are planning to incorporate abdominoplasty into your aesthetic practice
  
• You are seeking focused, time-efficient training grounded in real operative decision-making
  
• You have prior abdominoplasty exposure but want deeper technical understanding and refinement
  
• You want to update your skills with modern techniques and contemporary aesthetic standards
  
• You are returning to abdominoplasty after time away and want to rebuild confidence and consistency
  
• You are responsible for training or credentialing surgeons within an established practice
  
• You completed training outside the United States and want U.S.-based educational credentials
  
• You want to make informed decisions about technology, instrumentation, and operative strategy
  
• You want to understand how abdominoplasty can be performed safely and effectively under intravenous sedation in appropriately selected patients
  

What You Will Learn​

How to Build an Abdominoplasty Practice on Solid Footing
Learn how to establish abdominoplasty services responsibly and sustainably, including medical malpractice considerations, facility accreditation requirements, office-based surgery regulations, and state-specific rules governing abdominoplasty and combined procedures.

How to Select the Right Patients
Learn to identify ideal candidates and avoid high-risk cases. You’ll develop a clear framework for managing obesity, age-related risk, medical comorbidities, unrealistic expectations, and out-of-town patients. We cover absolute contraindications, when anesthesiology involvement is required, and how to safely stage abdominoplasty with liposuction, breast surgery, and other body contouring procedures.

How to Plan and Draw Surgical Markings
Learn how to mark patients during consultation and intraoperatively with intention and precision. This includes ideal scar placement, umbilical positioning, strategies to avoid dogears, and techniques to prevent excessive or asymmetric resection.

How to Prepare Patients for Surgery
Learn evidence-based preoperative preparation including medication and supplement management, appropriate testing, medical clearance, perioperative protocols, monitoring standards, documentation, and consent processes specific to abdominoplasty.

Abdominoplasty Techniques — When to Use What
Learn how to select and execute the most appropriate technique for each patient, including:

• Mini abdominoplasty (Avelar / lipoabdominoplasty)
• Full lipoabdominoplasty (including Saldanha techniques)
• TULUA abdominoplasty (with proper patient selection and limitations)
• Hybrid approaches
• When body lifting is indicated and how to stage it safely

You will learn flap development without over-dissection, safe integration of liposuction, umbilical management, multidirectional diastasis repair for mild, moderate, and severe cases, closure strategies for strength and cosmesis, drain placement, and management of patients with prior abdominal liposuction.

Postoperative Management and Recovery
Learn how to manage compression garments, drains, activity restrictions, early recovery surveillance, and the most common postoperative pitfalls during the first critical weeks.

Complication Recognition and Management
Learn to identify and manage hematomas, seromas, wound separations, umbilical complications, infections, skin necrosis, scarring problems, and thromboembolic risks with clear protocols and decision trees.

Revisionary Surgery
​Learn how to address minor revisions such as dogears, scar asymmetries, and umbilical refinements, as well as how to plan and time more extensive secondary procedures.

Additional Related ProceduresLearn indications and techniques for reverse abdominoplasty, lateral thigh lifting, and both short-scar and long-scar brachioplasty—including when not to perform them.
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Course Format and Logistics

This training program combines online education and live surgery observation for maximum comprehension. If your circumstances or preferences are for a complete online training experience, the live surgery observation component can be waived at your discretion.

​Structure: Online didactic modules + online pre-recorded surgery  videos + onsite live surgery observation in the O.R.

Duration: Online is self-paced. Onsite is one day (this phase can be waived if travel to NJ is not feasible or desired).

Location: Online on-demand + Pelosi Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ

Class size: Intimate small groups (maximum 4 physicians per session) for individualized attention

Scheduling: Year-round availability with custom dates to accommodate your practice schedule
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What's included:

• Comprehensive online on-demand curriculum access
• Extensive online pre-recorded surgery library
• Live surgical observation and participation
• Hardcopy syllabus
• Post-training consultation access
• Lifetime ISCG membership
• Credentialing support materials

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