The mini-abdominoplasty.

Some patients requesting abdominal contour surgery may have all their deformity below the semicircular line. Five patients in a series of 14 treated with mini-abdominoplasty are described to define the indications, technique, course, and complications. A miniplasty corrects the limited deformity of lower abdominal musculofascial relaxation and regional fat deposition. It corrects the defect when suction alone is insufficient and a full abdominoplasty is too much.