Calling all you experts--Mariah Carey: Tummy tuck or not??

You know, having had two large babies by C section, I totally understand why celebrities would have tummy tucks, especially after twins. Even starving yourself and working out five hours a day won't get rid of saggy skin and separated muscle. And Tt will not help with weight loss. The downtime from exercise actually makes it really easy to gain weight if you usually work out hard.

I think nothing else matters than THE VOICE!!! End of Chapter!!!

When they do a tummy tuck they don't just pull your skin and remove it. They actually lift it completely up to expose the muscles and they sew those together like shoe laces to tighten them. Once they do that that pull the skin up from your crotch and down from your breast area and remove the extra skin and make a new hole for your belly button stem, then sew u up. However, if you have stretch marks after a tummy tuck that is because they didn't have enough skin with the amount of stretch marks, meaning the stretch marks were real high up the abdomen, so some women will be left with some stretch marks. Also, they usually won't do a tummy tuck right after birth, they request u lose some weight and give your uterus time to heal. So after she lost the weight she had a little pooch and most likely had a mini tummy tuck. I answered some questions from other posts plus added more info about Mariah. If people get a good dr. to do tuck, then the scar should fade and not be as red and puffy or leave puppy dog ears (puffy, extra skin at each end of the hips) . A full tuck will leave a hip to hip scar. It will flatten out and turn light. Still noticable but not as much. Best wishes.

I am unsure if she had a tummy tuck or not, but my question is how do people get tummy tucks right after having a baby? My stomach was big and pregnant for months after having my babies so I don't see how it is possible to do. Also your uterus needs to shrink back down and it seems that if they were to do a tummy tuck it wouldn't make you tight enough.

There are also mini tummy tucks, where they make the cut just like a c-section if not a lot of skin is needed to be removed. I have a scar from hip to hip, so I am aware of how tucks look. I know she didn't have lipo because that doesn't change the shape of your belly button.

Tummy tuck scars are horrendous!! My friend got a TT my stretch marks are bad but her stretch marks were still there and the huge scar too

I know she had a tummy tuck cuz I had one and it changed the shape of her belly button. I zoomed into the cover picture and oh yeah no doubt. She used to have an inny now she has a semi outie that is not shaped right. So despite the fact she had twins and no stretch marks, she's totally flat. When Brittany Spears had her baby #one, she had a little
pooch even though she worked out. I'm not against tucks but don't deceive the public. They are who made her famous.

I had one too and that's exactly what the belly button looks like afterwards. I just hate the way she pretends it's all natural.. when it's not.And pretends it's all Jenny Craig eating. that is pretty bad!

I was always a size 4, 110 lbs (without really needing to work out that much or watch what I ate) and then like Mariah had twins thru IVF and there is NO way my tummy will ever look flat without surgery. BTW, Juliet Roberts has a great tummy but you can tell she had kids. Very natural looking pooch.

I watched the Jenny Craig commercial and yes she did have a TT. I looked at a magazine of MC before she got pregnant and her belly button looks different, plus she had a mole on the left side her BB and now it's gone... She totally got a TT...

Girl I thought the same thing and I went online to look at pictures of her stomach before the babies. before her belly button was really in abut now it not only looks like a tummy tuck navel but it is totally different. Why lie? Come on you have alot of money already!

wawo0o0 I just think she had a TT but I certainly do not judge her as I just scheduled one myself.
Many people want to keep it private, even those of us who aren't famous.
But I do agree it can be a little annoying to hear celebs wax on about how they just hit the gym or they dropped all the weight from breast feeding...

I am with you girlfriend! Just talking about this today. I had a tummy tuck so I know from experience.

Being a mother of twins myself...I know what it does to your skin and can totally understand her desire to have it restored as much as possible!

i also bought the magazine and being a tummy tucker myself and looking at so many after pics it was the first thing that came to my mind that she too has had a tummy tuck,which is totally fair is she needed it but why say she looks as perfect as she does from simply exercise and healthy eating, i ate very healthy worked out 6 days a week had a very healthy weight but if your skin is damaged no matter what u do only surgery can get rid of it

This was nice and interesting discussion going on here.Most people decide to do a tummy tuck cosmetic reasons, such as they are in their belly loose, sagging skin and stretch abundance, much troubled by them.Go to tummytuckguide.com to know more.

Good point cc115 :)

I don't think any of us would judge anyone for having a TT, but I do think it's disingenuous for anyone to tote their flat tummy success on 100% personal perseverance (diet and exercise) when, in fact, surgical intervention was necessary. No shame in surgical interference, but shame on them for lying by omission.

I really don't understand why it even matters. Mariah Carey looks wonderful after having twins. She looks 'healthy' and 'happy' and I think that should be all that matters. Funny no one questioned it when Jennifer Lopez regained a super flat stomach after twins, when Julia Roberts regained her flat stomach after twins, or when super model Nikki Taylor regained her flat stomach after twins. But for Mariah there has to be some kind of investigation conducted? It's silly. What does it 'really' matter how she did it so long as the outcome had positive results, & natural looking results. I have seen some surgeries go horribly wrong. Heck if I could afford a nip/tuck/lift in some places on my body I'd for darn sure do it. And for the record belly buttons are not always the same after having twins, or children in general, therefore that is no true determination of a tummy tuck. Some tucks don't even require altering the navel at all. However, if you're basing your theory that Mariah Carey had a tummy tuck off of how her navel looks then I'd have to say she has the 'BEST' looking navel I have ever seen after a supposed tummy tuck.

Ha! I'd love to see the scar too. You can't see a scar on her belly button, which is awesome after a max of 6 months. I'm quite sure she had a very good surgeon!

It does not matter to me if she did a TT or not, but if she did it, I just want to see the scar. :)

I gained quite a bit of weight and lost it after pregnancy and my belly button is still saggy! I vote for tummy tuck. Regardless, she looks great!

I agree. It's not the fact that you had it done but acting like you didn't and being paid for it (weight loss) is wrong. It makes the rest of is look like we ate just not trying hard enough to lose weight. My husband kept telling me to just go to the gym more as if that can fix muscle separation and remove extra skin!

I'm obviously in full support of tummy tucks, but IF she did have one, then it is really dishonest to accept money from Jenny Craig and represent to the public that she did that through diet and exercise alone. As we all know, you can diet and exercise 'til the cows come home and it won't rid you of the stretched out skin and separated muscles!! Even if she wasn't getting paid to sell the Jenny Craig diet, I think it's almost cruel for the Hollywood types to make such a show of losing baby weight super fast. I think it sets an unrealistic standard for real world moms who are more focused on their new babies than their waistlines in those first 6 months!