I had two pregnancies and have excess skin and stretch marks. My doctor recommends to have a Liposuction first and 6 months later, have the Tummy Tuck. He says that by doing the Liposuction first, the skin will have enough time to shrink back, so when I'm ready to get the Tummy tuck the cut will not be as wide as if I where to do the Liposuction and Tummy Tuck at the same time. Is this statement valid? Is it a good idea or would you recommend to get the two procedures done at the same time?
The vast majority of patients would clearly prefer to have one surgery.
Doing the surgeries separately, in the manner described, makes sense and is likely based on the surgeons expreience.
There are not hard and fast rules here. It is open to interpretation.
