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Tummy Tuck with High Blood Pressure?

asked 2 years ago by mimi1975 in michigan
Latest answer by Michael A. Jazayeri, MD
Question viewed 1,014 times
Tags: abdomen

I am a 34 yr young lady. After giving birth my blood pressure went up and it has been high ever since. My question is can I still get a tummytuck with high blood pressure?

13 answers to Tummy Tuck with High Blood Pressure?

Tummy tuck with high blood pressure

You will need a FULL pre operative medical clearance before having this surgery. This is the ONLY safe way to go. Please be careful, you are a high risk for hematomae. From MIAMI

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Management of High Blood Pressure before Tummy Tuck

Hi there- It is very important that you have your high blood pressure appropriately evaluated by your medical doctor before considering any elective surgery. While carefully managed hypertension is not a contraindication for surgery, we would want to have proven that there is no underlying cause requiring treatment and have successfully controlled the hypertension before surgery. Once your high blood pressure is under control, you may safely proceed with your tummy tuck.

Armando Soto, MD
Orlando Plastic Surgeon

www.DrArmandoSoto.com

Tummy tuck and hypertension

You should first have your high blood pressure worked up to see if there is an underlying issue that needs to be treated. Once this has been cleared up, and once your blood pressure is under control with medication, you could safely have a tummy tuck performed. Thsi is elective surgery, so everything should be optimized prior to the procedure in order to ensure your safety and the smoothest possibel recovery. Good luck and best wishes, /nsn.

Nina S. Naidu, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Tummy tuck and hypertension

You should delay your tummy tuck until your blood pressure has been brought under control. If you are hypertensive, your chances of bleeding and other complications will be increased. Even if you do not undergo surgery, it is very important to have your hypertension appropriately treated.

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

Get hypertension treated

People with hypertension that is well controlled on medication can have cosmetic surgery, but may be more likely to have certain complications. Make sure you are under good control and tell your surgeon what you are on.

William B. Rosenblatt, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Treated high blood pressure

Treated high blood pressure is not high blood pressure. As long as you are in good health, and manage your pressure you should be fine. You will have a bit of increased risk, but if you get cleared by your internist, you should do well.

Scott E. Kasden, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Tummy tuck safety with high blood pressure

There are very many chronic medical conditions which are compatible with safe cosmetic surgery. The key to safety is full evaluation and control of the condition by your primary care physician beforehand. There is no problem in having a tummy tuck with controlled and managed high blood pressure. Your surgeon should be able to work closely with your family doctor to be certain that you are cleared and ready when the day of your tummy tuck arrives. Best of luck.

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Blood pressure and tummy tuck surgery

Your OB-GYN and internist should have some insight into why your blood pressure remains elevated in the post-partum period. Get this issue managed and controlled before considering elective surgery of any kind. Your tummy tuck can wait. Long term hypertension puts you at risk for heart and vascular disease which can be life threatening.

Scott Sattler, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon

If you have high blood pressure and you want a tummy tuck your pressure needs to be well controlled

Hello - Many patients have several medical problems who undergo plastic surgery. As long as you're cleared by your internist/cardiologist, you should be okay for your tummy tuck. The procedure may need to be delayed until your pressure is well controlled, but it is worth the wait. Proceeding with a tummy tuck with uncontrolled high blood pressure may lead to excessive bleeding and/or hematomas.

Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

www.BaltimorePlasticSurgery.com

Tummy tucks and high blood pressure

My first thought is that you should have your high blood pressure completely evaluated by a internist or a family medicine doc. There are several reasons why a young woman can have hypertension, but it's important to have the potential causes looked at, ruled out, and then the hypertension treated and controlled. This more than anything will contribute to your long term health. Once the high blood pressure is controlled, then it is usually fine to proceed with a tummy tuck-- but it needs... more

Shahram Salemy, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

www.drsalemy.com

Hypertension and abdominoplasty

Certainly, you can have a tummy tuck with hypertension but it is in your best short term as well as long term health to have your blood pressures under control.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Tummy Tuck with PERSISTENT High Blood Pressure

We are dealing with 2 issues:1. Is it common for a 34 year old woman to have high blood pressure and should it be treated?2. Is it SAFE to do an elective, cosmetic operation on a person with High Blood Pressure? Is it common for a 34 year old woman to have high blood pressure and should it be treated? You are too young to have hypertension, a disease responsible for the death and multi-system damage of millions of Americans. I would urge you to have it looked at. See if you have a... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

High blood pressure must be controlled before an elective procedure

Performing surgery with uncontrolled high blood pressure will result in significant bleeding, possibly requiring blood transfusion. It may also lead to death due to bleeding. You MUST get your blood pressure under control before any elective surgery.