New indications in the approach to the pendulous abdomen.

The appearance of the superficial liposuction technique has permitted the surgeon to advance in his indications for treating localized lipodystrophy, without skin resection. With the cutaneous retraction phenomenon that follows superficial liposuction, pendulous abdomen, which was once treated by classical dermolipectomies, can now be treated with liposuction alone, obtaining satisfactory results. The authors recommend this form of treatment for patients with pendulous abdomen and with good skin quality, with few or no stretch marks, and with little or no diastasis of the rectoabdominal musculature.