Can you have a Tummy Tuck if you are sick?

I am sorry to hear about your concerns prior to your day of surgery. Generally speaking, patients undergoing elective surgery should be at their optimal (or close to) level of health prior to proceeding. It is especially important that there be no compromise of pulmonary function or active source of infection present.
Your plastic surgeon will be the only relevant resource when it comes to determining your ability to proceed at this time.
Best wishes.

Thank you for your question. If in the unfortunate circumstance that you get sick before your surgery, you may have postpone your surgery until you are better again. If you are feeling sick, I would discuss with your surgeon who may help you decide depending on your individual symptoms.

It is not a good idea for many reasons to have surgery while you have a cold.  The physiologic reasons would include poor immune defense, higher infection rates, poor healing, and poor tolerance of and recovery from anesthesia.  From a simplistic standpoint, coughing after a tummy tuck can tear out the muscle plication sutures.