This time of year, smooth stomachs are the hottest beach-bag accessory.

"When I mentioned to my son, oh I'm gonna get a bikini, he said, 'Oh that's so gross," said Doris Gray.

57-year-old Doris Gray won't don a two-piece, but she is tastefully showing off her tummy after dropping two sizes. Doctor Matthew Schulman gave Doris a smooth tuck. A new option for those who aren't thin enough for the traditional tummy tuck.

"A tummy tuck is a skin operation and a muscle operation, so ideally the patients are skinny, have just loose skin and muscles that are weak from pregnancies and changes in weight. Unfortunately, that wasn't the majority of patients. Most of my patients were coming in, and they were 20 to 30 pounds overweight like the majority of Americans," said Matthew Schulman, M.D., Plastic Surgeon.

In the new procedure, surgeons first remove two-to- three liters of fat then take off excess skin. But unlike a tummy tuck, they don't cut any muscles.

"Since I'm not doing any muscle repair, the recovery is much, much quicker," said Dr. Schulman.

How much quicker? Smooth tuck patients are back to work in one week instead of two and can resume normal activities in three weeks instead of six. Patients typically lose up to 10 pounds and two-to- three inches around the waist. The total cost, $8,000 dollars. Meghan Redfield says it was worth it.

"I've had three children by three C-sections in four years. I've been working out, and I've been running and the weight after the third just really isn't coming off," she said.

She lost three inches around her middle, and like Doris gained back her confidence.

"I guess it's vanity, but it made me happy, and I decided to make me happy," said Gray.

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