Jeffrey Frentzen, editor of Plastic Surgery Practice, asked 3 experts about their beginnings in the body contouring cosmetic surgery.  Participants included Dr. Cuzalina of Tulsa Surgical Arts, Greensburg cosmetic surgeon Michael Kluska and plastic surgeon Dr. Steven R. Cohen of San Diego.

The question posed for this episode was, “How did you become interested in body contouring and what were the first tools you used when working in this area?”

Dr. Cuzalina said the following:

Two years into my practice I met a doctor in Oklahoma who was doing 14 gastric bypass surgeries a week.  We became friends and he’d seen some of my other work on tummy tucks so he began referring me patients.  All of a sudden, I was inundated with all these patients who had open gastric bypass surgery.  At that time with the vertical scar down the middle of their belly, the common solution was to do the inverted T tummy tuck, what’s known as the “fleur-de-lis.”  It worked very well, and it [the surgery scar) was ok because you already had a vertical scar so you can get some really nice tightening around the abdomen.  You end up doing a lot of surgery because they all need not only their belly, but their breasts, arms, thighs and everything done.

Listen to the podcast to catch the rest of the series and hear responses for the other surgeons who participated.  Click here to read more about body contouring surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.