Mommy Makeover: Q&A
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Is it possible to get a breast lift, breast implants size reduction and tummy tuck all at once? I have no natural breast tissue left, thin skin with little elasticity. I'd like to reduce my silicon 550cc down to a small implant (200-250cc) with minimal scarring.
My tummy is stretched below my belly button and it appears to be all tissue/skin. Even when I lower my body fat to 12-15%, the tummy does not improve. I'm 5'9, 30 years old and fit.
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Yankees
in Minneapolis, MN
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Combining breast surgery and tummy tuck
In many practices, these surgeries are combined. Patients must understand that complication rates are probably higher when procedures are combined, and there may be risks in addition to those if the procedures were performed individually. In large series of patients, however, combined surgeries, when performed expediently by experienced surgeons, have very low complication rates.
It would not, in my experience, be advisable to reduce the implant size by 50% and perform anything but a Wise...
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Combining Breast and Abdominal Surgery?
Thank you for the question and picture.
Based on the description of your health status and goals, I think you should do well combining the procedures you are contemplating in a single stage procedure.
Please make sure you're working with a well experienced board-certified plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist in a fully accredited surgery center or hospital.
Best wishes.
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Combination surgeries have grown very common
Nowadays it is very common to combine abdominal surgery (tummy tuck) or liposuction with breast surgeries.
If the patient has the right indications, and she is healthy and received a good medical clearance, then this procedure can be performed as an inpatient or as an outpatient.
The current use of pain pumps in abdominoplasty have helped in making the abdominoplasty post operative recovery better tolerated.
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Combining breast implant exchange, breast lift, and tummy tuck
It is possible to combine a breast implant exchange, breast lift (mastopexy) and tummy tuck provided you are in good overall health. This should be confirmed by visiting your primary care physician and receiving medical clearance which typically involves an EKG, labs, and a comprehensive physical exam. Also, your plastic surgeon should be able to complete all the procedures in a reasonable amount of time. Whether you may need to stay at an overnight facility after the surgery is another...
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Combining procedures
Hi,
Thank you for your question!
Yes, these procedures can be performed at the same time on the right patient and by the right surgeon. This should be done by a board certified plastic surgeon who has experience in combining these specific procedures. However, anytime procedures are combined, the amount of time in the OR is increased so this also increases your risks for surgery. It is important to understand this fully.
It would also depend on which type of each procedure you have as...
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Combining several procedures is possible
It is possible to perform all of this procedures in one sitting. From this picture, the implants appear to be subglandular. I would recommend change the pocket to under the muscle. The lift will most likely require a T incision, I would recommend tailoring the size at the time of surgery. For the abdomen, a mini-abdominoplasty will probably be enough. When consulting with a surgeon I would recommend to check their credentials.
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Breast lift and tummy tuck are often combined
Procedures are often combined in cosmetic surgery to help reduce the cost, and reduce the recovery or down time after a procedure. The key to combined procedures is safety and a pleasant experience. If the combined procedures are lengthy, say over four to five hours, the risk of a smooth recovery may be affected. Also, if the combination, say submuscular breast augmentation and significant muscle repair during a tummy tuck, make you distinctly uncomfortable and the experience a regret...
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Combining breast revision and a tummy tuck
Your breasts do not go along with the rest of your physique very well so downsizing the implants and going below the muscle if they are not already is very reasonable. You will for sure need a full lift with a crease incision because of how much extra skin you will have to deal with.
With respect to your abdomen, a tummy tuck will tighten the lax skin but you will have a slightly higher scar than some because of the fact that you don't have that much extra skin.
These surgeries can be...
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Combining these operations is certainly possible
It is very common to combine tummy tuck with breast surgery; this combination of procedures is known as a "mommy makeover". A couple of things:
1) Downsizing your breast implants sounds like a very reasonable thing to do. The sheer size of your current implants has likely stretched out the breast skin envelope and weakened the supporting ligaments. When you downsize to such a smaller implant, a significant amount of revision will be required of the internal breast pocket. In...
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Breast and tummy surgery
It is perfectly fine to exchange breast implants and perform a breast lift along with a tummy tuck. I do this all the time. It really is no problem.
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