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Need Extensive Surgery but Can't Have Them All Done at Once?

I'm 5'3 and 145 pounds with a ton of stretch marks, excess skin, saggy breasts,inverted nipples, flat butt. I've never had any children though it looks like it :( I know I shouldn't get a brazilian butt lift at the same time as a tummy tuck so which should I do first? Also, I like one doctor who does fantastic lipo, tummy tuck, arm lift and brazillian lift but I would like another doctor to do my breasts. It's such a pain lol I don't know which I should do first and how long to wait in between

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Needing Extensive Surgery

Thank you for your question. Yes, when many procedures are needed, it must be broken up into multiple surgery (for the safety of the patient and for the best results possible). I highly recommend choosing a surgeon whom you are comfortable with (in regards to the surgery you are wanting). The decision as to what procedure to have done first, it really does depend on what bothers you the most. Also, you do need to take into consideration recovery of each procedure.... more

Limit surgery to 6 hours

You state that you have excessive skin, saggy breasts with inverted areolas. You would be an excellent candidate for a new technique called Breast Augmentation with Mini Ultimate Breast Lift. This technique allows placement of the implant using only a circumareola incision avoiding the vertical scars or boat anchor shaped incisions. Through this incision it is possible to lift your breast tissue higher, increase cleavage and reshape your breast for maximum anterior... more

Multiple Procedures

Some of the procedures can be combined but it would be a very lengthy anesthesia time and a very difficult recovery period if you did them all at once. I would recommend the liposuction and brazilian lift first and later on the tummy tuck and arms. Always have surgery with a surgeon you are comfortable with and if that means a third procedure to do the breasts with someone else then that is what you should do. The reason I would not recommend combining the brazilian with the tummy tuck or... more

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Yes, it sounds like you could benefit from a "mommy makeover" even though you are not a mommy! Did you lose a lot of weight? Your weight now is not far from ideal. It is likely that you would benefit from an abdominoplasty and lipo, which is a common combination. However, every ounce of fat that is obtained by lipo needs to be used to inject your buttocks. Your surgeon needs to be experienced in buttock fat injection and use high volumes to get the results you... more

Timing of Multiple Procedures

Thank you for the question. It is not uncommon for multiple procedures to be done at the same time. I try to keep the operative time to less than 6 hours. The number of procedures and the type of procedures one can perform will be dependent on the overall health of the patient. In other words, do they have any comorbidities (health problems) and if they do how well are they being controlled? Since you are looking to "break up" the surgery between 2 surgeons, then look at what it is... more

Staging for multiple surgeries

I would recommend you have surgery to the areas that bother you the most. Some of the surgeries can be combined but you want to limit your surgeries to around 5 - 5.5 hours in the operating room. If you have too much surgery done at once you increase your risks for serious complications. Time in between surgeries really depends on the situation. Give yourself time in between surgeries to fully recover. Good luck to you!

Multiple procedures.

These would be best done in two stages. Other than separating the TT from the BBL, the order doesn't matter too much and should follow your priorities, and I would suggest doing two at a setting. Pick either the TT or the BBL according to which bothers you more. I would slightly favor doing the arm with the BBL so that you would not be laying on the freshly lifted (?and enlarged?) breasts while the BBL is done. If you want the breast done separately by another surgeon, you would... more

Extensive surgery

Start with the area that bothers you the most being patient and doing less at one time is going to be safer The tummy tuck is a bigger surgery with a longer recovery time It is easy to combine breast surgery and arm surgery I try to have patients wait 6 to 12 months between major surgeries

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Dear newb1, Your questions are quite loaded but I will try to be comprehensive. The most important recommendation that I can give you is - safety. Avoid doctors who would want to do too much surgery on you. The common sense approach is 6 hours of surgery. Beyond that you increase your risk of complication significantly. From the information that you submitted, your BMI is 25.6. A safe combination for you might be tummy tuck and armplasty. As far as the breast, it... more

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