Tummy Tuck Surgery: How to Achieve a Flatter, Sculpted Abdomen
You’ve been putting in the work. Early morning workouts, meal prep on Sundays, saying no to dessert more often than you’d like. Yet when you look in the mirror, your midsection still doesn’t reflect the effort you’ve invested. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And more importantly, you’re not out of options.
For many people, achieving a tight, toned abdomen can feel out of reach even with consistent exercise and healthy eating. Life events like pregnancy, weight loss, or aging can stretch and distort the midsection in ways diet and workouts simply can’t reverse. This is where surgical intervention becomes not just cosmetic, but corrective.
At Michigan Cosmetic Surgery Center, Dr. Michael W. Gray offers a revolutionary solution that goes beyond traditional tummy tucks: the Hourglass Tuck. Designed to improve the shape and structure (not just remove skin) the Hourglass Tuck provides results that others can’t.
Why Traditional Tummy Tucks Fall Short
Most tummy tucks focus on removing excess skin and some fat attached to that skin. While this may reduce bulk, they don’t flatten the abdominal wall, and they don’t truly sculpt the waist. Another common misconception is that tummy tucks are supposed to repair diastasis (the separation between abdominal muscles), but Dr. Gray explains that diastasis is normal—not a deformity. Everyone is born with it.
Flattening the abdominal wall requires a completely different surgical approach, one that reshapes the entire midsection, not just trims the surface.
What Makes the Hourglass Tuck Different
Dr. Gray’s Hourglass Tuck is a proprietary technique that does what standard tummy tucks don’t. It removes excess skin and fat while also reshaping and tightening the entire abdominal wall structure. This creates not just a flatter stomach, but a more sculpted, curvaceous silhouette.
Unlike traditional techniques, the Hourglass Tuck actually changes the shape of the abdominal wall, not just the skin on top. The result is a true hourglass contour with definition, firmness, and lasting shape.
Additional Benefits of the Hourglass Tuck
Enhanced Waist Definition: You’re not just flatter, you’re reshaped.
Improved Posture and Core Function: By adjusting the abdominal wall, the procedure supports better spinal alignment and core strength.
Smoother Skin: Skin removed during the procedure often includes stretch marks, especially below the belly button.
Restoration After Pregnancy or Weight Loss: Perfect for patients who have lost significant weight or experienced changes due to pregnancy.
What to Expect from Surgery and Recovery
It takes usually an hour or less to perform. Unlike traditional tucks with muscle repair where the recovery is hard and painful wherein patients are typically in bed suffering, the HGTT differs. With HGTT you are not allowed to be in bed! You are up and about almost immediately. There is No “down time” but rather restrictions on your activity and movements for 8 weeks. Full activity occurs at 8 weeks . The HGTT lacks the pain or discomfort associated a traditional tummy tuck.
This procedure is more amazing is that the candidate seeking this procedure does not have to have any loose skin. HGTT most often surpasses the results obtained with liposuction alone as the procedure HGTT provides shape than cannot be achieved with liposuction 360! The Hourglass tummy tuck is for the person with or without loose skin seeking a flatter abdomen, skinnier waste line with a desire for decreased abdominal girth or protuberance.
What is even more amazing is that it is also for those who have had a traditional tummy tuck looking to drop the scar and desiring a flatter more contoured appearance that liposuction nor the traditional tuck could provide.
Dr. Gray explains that often the fat that sits on top of the abdominal wall is not the major cause of increased abdominal girth or circumference. In contrast to liposuction which would only decrease the fat, the HGTT would actually provide better results and the shape that patients are desperately looking for.
What is even more shocking is that this procedure (HGTT) can be done without the discomfort and pain of a traditional tummy tuck. This is why and is only one of the many procedures that have made Dr. Gray one of the most sought after surgeons in the country.
A Better Solution Than Just Surgery by the Book
Dr. Gray doesn’t follow outdated surgical doctrine. He questions what’s been taught and pushes the field forward. The Hourglass Tuck is a product of that vision: a procedure that challenges traditional thinking and delivers better outcomes.
Many people are told that a tummy tuck will “tighten muscles” or “fix diastasis,” but as Dr. Gray explains, that thinking is flawed. His method is based on anatomical truth, not medical mimicry. You’re not just getting a cosmetic change, you’re getting a structurally reshaped, functionally stronger midsection.
Schedule a Consultation
Whether you’re recovering from pregnancy, have lost a significant amount of weight, or simply want to enhance your body shape, Dr. Michael Gray’s Hourglass Tuck offers permanent, confidence-boosting results.
Visit ANEWYOU.com or call 248-538-3333 to book your consultation today.
Your transformation begins with the right technique and the right surgeon.