The intervention is carried out under general or epidural anesthesia and consists of five primary steps:

1. Dermolipectomy, which involves removing all excess skin and fat from the abdomen, the so-called abdominal apron.

2. The abdominal wall is reconstructed with the plication, that is, by using sutures to join the rectus abdominis muscles, which in pregnancies separate forming a hernia (diastasis recti); This is why in each pregnancy the abdomen can distend.

3. Cutaneous closure: suture of the skin flap that formed.

4. Relocation of the navel called neoumbilicoplasty.

Finally, and if necessary, the liposuction of the flanks and hips, with which the body contour of the patient (s) is molded.

Hospital admission is usually 24 or 48 hours and full recovery requires four to six weeks, although it is advisable not to make great efforts during the first three months. The intervention is contraindicated in smoking patients, as there is a significant risk of abdominal cutaneous necrosis.