Educational schematic, not a patient-specific prediction or a complete depiction of abdominoplasty. The waist change is illustrative; individual results vary. Reverse motion replays the comparison, not healing or recurrence.
Anatomy & illustration notes
Skin and fat are omitted over the abdomen; fascia is shown translucent so the muscle position remains visible. Plication folds the fascia; it does not remove the linea alba or stitch muscle fibers directly together. Suture size, spacing and tissue movement are schematic.
Silhouette based on Dr. Carlotti's supplied outline. This depicts the plication component of the requested Type IV abdominoplasty illustration, not a universal suture protocol.
Rectus sheath anatomy · Rectus diastasis plication study