Can a Tummy Tuck Fix Botched Lipo in the Tummy Area?

Irregularities from very aggressive liposuction are difficult to treat. One of the most gratifying solutions is a tummy tuck, or modified tummy tuck (short incision or low incision variants a possibility).

HI Samantha6566 - It appears as though the rippling in the skin may be fixed with fat grafting. This involves liposuction from the hips or back and then re-injecting the fat into the areas of rippling. As far as tummy tuck goes, it's difficult to asses whether or not you're a candidate from the photo. A tummy tuck can be the standard one with a full incision and muscle tightening or a mini-tuck with a small incision, but still with muscle tightening.

1. What is the defect?
The defect here seems to be mainly rippled skin.
There does not appear to be a lot of loose skin. There does not appear to be a big abdominal wall defect.
2. What do the proposed operations accomplish?
Lipo will take away more fat, but not redrape the skin.
Tummy tuck will redrape the skin, but will give you a large scar, you have a high placed belly button, so you will probably have a vertical scar as others have noted. It is also a longer operation with a longer recovery.
3. Is there another operation that can redrape the skin without the disadvantages of a tummy tuck?
Yes. You can do a "Suctionless" lipo by using a small cannula to run through the entire area and break up the adhesions. Then through a small incision using an endoscope you can free up the abdominal skin and redrape it.