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Achieving Ideal Weight with Liposuction and Tummy Tuck?

asked 2 years ago by DAL3124 in Orlando
Latest answer by Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD
Question viewed 1,308 times
Tags: weight loss, fat reduction, overweight

I am 5'10" right now and I weight 215 lbs. I am looking to have a Liposuction or Tummy tuck surgery will doing this help me get to the ideal weight off 180-190 lbs?

I know it is better to exercise but I am asking If I can do it at this weight and how many pounds can I get rid off. Thanks.

16 answers to Achieving Ideal Weight with Liposuction and Tummy Tuck?

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Weight loss with plastic surgery

Weight loss with plastic surgery results in disappointment. Liposuction and tummy tuck procedure are not weight reduction surgeries and would not help achieve and weight reduction that you are looking for. They will make your body more shapely and look better in clothes but not help you drop 35 lbs. Hope that answers your question.
Farbod Esmailian, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Losing weight with liposuction and a tummy tuck

If you use liposuction and a tummy tuck as a form of weight loss, be careful. After surgery and recovery, you may put the weight right back on. After you're down to your ideal weight, a tummy tuck is great for the excess skin on your abdomen as well as tightening you abdominal wall. Liposuction is great for those hard to lose areas. Good luck and be safe!
Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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It won't get that much weight off

It is common to think that tummy tuck and liposuction remove a lot of weight when performed. However, fat has less weight than one would think. Because not a lot of fat can be liposuctioned from the abdomen at the same time as the abdominoplasty I suspect you will only lose, may at best 8-10lbs. So I know you don't want to hear it but diet and exercise is the best by to lose weight.
Christopher L. Hess, MD

Fairfax Plastic Surgeon
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You'll get the best surgical results at your goal weight

DAL3124: In order to achieve the best surgical results from the liposuction of tummy tuck, you would want to be at or near you goal weight first. The removal loose skin and / or fat with liposuction or tummy tuck will allow you to look like you lost significant weight, however you'll be surprised how little pounds you actually loose. Liposuction is best at reducing localized excess fat. Tummy tuck is best at removing loose skin and fat, and improving muscle tone of the abdomen. They give... more
Sutton Graham II, MD

Greenville Plastic Surgeon
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Body Contouring vs. Surgical Weight Loss

Dear DAL, First, both liposuction and tummy tuck procedures are body contouring procedures, not weight loss procedures. Even in cases were there is a lot of skin to remove (such as a massive weight loss patient), the weight of the skin removed is surprisingly little (2-3kg or 5-7 lbs is really an impressive resection.) For liposuction, we consider "large volume" anything over 5 liters, which tends to be quite aggressive and a reasonable metabolic challenge for your body. I... more
Michael A. Bogdan, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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Not accurate that liposuction or tummy tuck will cause you to lose weight

Dear Dal Only two things determine what you weight and neither of them are liposuction and tummy tuck. What you weight is determined by what you eat and by your metabolism. The metabolism is the rate at which you burn calories. This rate changes with increases or decreases in physical activity and not much else unless there is a hormonal abnormality. Tummy tuck and liposuction are shaping procedures. There is a certain amount of fat that is removed with these procedures but you are fully... more
Kenneth D. Steinsapir, MD

Los Angeles Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Liposuction and Tummy Tuck are not weight loss techniques

Liposuction and Tummy Tuck are body contouring techniques, not weight loss techniques. Your present weight is the product of : 1. Calories ingested (food) minus 2. Your metabolic rate - how fast or slow your body burns calories minus 3. Your average daily energy expenditures. If you shave off a few pounds off in surgery, after a few weeks you will reaccumulate fat in other parts of your body. Your body will look different, but you will weigh more or less the same.
Ricardo Rodriguez, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck and liposuction

Tummy tucks and liposuction are great procedures to improve the contour of the  areas treated. However, they are not the best treatment for trying to lose weight. Diet and exercise first and then tummy tuck for loose skin and complimentary liposuction of recalcitrant areas.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Ideal body weight and tummy tuck

Tummy tuck and liposuction are shape-changing operations; they are not particularly effective for weight loss. Although you could have a tummy tuck at your current weight, the amount of weight you would lose would likely be fairly underwhelming. You would see benefits from surgery at your current weight, but your results would be vastly superior if you lost weight prior to surgery.
Sam Jejurikar, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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You can have surgery at this weight.

Hi! We do abdominoplasty and liposuction on people who are overweight, as long as the patient understands clearly what can be safely accomplished.  You will look better, and you will get rid of some pounds (up to 10).  But you will still be overweight.
George J. Beraka, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Body contouring vs weight loss

At 5'10" and 215lbs, your BMI (body mass index) is 31. Your ideal BMI is 26 (180lbs) or less. An abdominoplasty with extensive liposuction will totally reshape your midsection, but might get your weight down by about 10lbs only. Most of my patients go down two pants sizes. I would advise you to loose about 20lbs with diet and exercise prior to surgery. The closer you are to your ideal body weight, the better your surgical outcome and the risks and potential complications are... more
George Marosan, MD

Bellevue Plastic Surgeon
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Liposuction is not a great way to achieve your ideal body weight

At 5'10', your ideal body weight is closer to 155 (female) or 166 (male) pounds. If you are considered an ectomorph, perhaps you could extend this up to 180 pounds at the maximum. However, it is unlikely that your excess weight is isolated to your tummy. That extra weight you carry is in your tummy, chest, arms, thighs, legs, etc. Therefore, it would be impossible to remove the fat from all these areas. The only way to do this is via diet and exercise which you already know. More... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Boby-contouring and weight

While some cosmetic procedures, over a number of staged surgeryies can result in tens of pounds of reduction in tissue, this is not the standard nor the safe method of weight reduction. First and foremost, you should try to achieve your most fit, stable, and healthy lifestyle. The fact that you have made your own disclaimer by acknowledging you have not accepted an exercise routine makes you a poor candidate. My advice is to put forth a concerted effort to change your lifestyle in regards to... more
Robin T.W. Yuan, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Plastic surgery will not help you lose weight

Weight loss should be achieved with diet and exercise before considering plastic surgery. Your results will be so much better if you have the surgery at a more "ideal" body weight. While the amount of skin and fat that can be removed is substantial, the amount of weight reduction with these procedures generally is not.
Jeremy Waldman, MD

Manchester Plastic Surgeon
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No

Diet and exercise get you to the ideal weight. Plastic surgery is to tighten skin and remove lumps and bumps you can not correct with diet and exercise.
William B. Rosenblatt, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Don't Confuse Body Contouring Surgery with Weight Loss Surgery

Hi there- The goal of body contouring procedures, like liposuction and tummy tuck is to achieve an improvement in the shape and proportion of the body, and in skilled hands, are highly successful at achieving these goals. These operations are not very successful at achieving long term reduction in weight, and would most likely result in you feeling a lot of regret over the time, money and energy spent on the surgery and its recovery, only to realize afterword that you still need to lose... more
Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon

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