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Revision as of 05:59, 15 March 2008 by Flowanda (talk | contribs) (removed promotional content and unrelated, unsourced content)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Abdominal etching is a plastic surgery procedure invented by plastic surgeon Henry A. Mentz, III in the early 1990s that uses a special cannula to contour and shape the abdominal fat pad to provide patients with a flat stomach. The procedure selectively removes a small amount of fat around the patient's natural muscular contours and shapes the abdomen to create a more athletic contour.
Prior to the procedure, the surgeon makes detailed markings of the patient's flexed ab muscles and uses the markings to remove fat and highlight the patient's individual muscular structure.