Liposculpture for Flabbiness and Stretch Marks?

Thank you for the question. Based on your history and description you are not a good candidate for liposuction surgery. Because of your concern for "huge scars” you are also not a candidate for tummy tuck surgery. Best wishes.

Either way, my recommendation is to try to lose weight and get back to a normal BMI. 16 months is still early after having a baby-- give yourself some time. Then, consider your options. If your stomach still seems very loose and you have difficulty tightening your stomach muscles you may need a tummy tuck. Still, some women don't want the scar, the anesthesia and down time. At our center, we perform laser liposuction and do get some degree of skin... more

In this case, it’s hard to comment without seeing the patient in person. If there is a lot of excess skin, then a tummy tuck may be the best solution. With liposculpture, the skin will usually retract pretty well, but not if there are like 5 inches of extra skin. The scars from liposculpture are very small and it’s a great procedure, but I’d have to see it to know if it will work well in this case. Sometimes we use laser with it to tighten the skin so that may be a... more

Fat can be taken from the abdomen and injected into the buttocks, Injection into the calves is less predictable and more prone to complications in some individuals. IF you remain well above your ideal body weight, your best option is to lose weight. There are few successful interventions for non-surgical treatment of stretch marks. Therefore your best bet is a tummy tuck.

While liposculpture alone will improve some flabbiness such as a hanging apron of an abdomen, patients with significant flabbiness will usually require a tummy tuck if their skin elasticity is poor. Stretch marks may be improved with laser assisted liposculpture but will usually require fractional laser resurfacing as a follow-up procedure.

Liposculpture is an extremely powerful and effective technique for body contouring. Unfortunately, it will not improve stretch marks. Stretch marks are the cause of skin that has been damaged by expansion. Typically this is after childbirth or after a massive weight loss. The skin in this area has been stretched out and is permanently damaged. If you have an excess of stretch marks in the lower abdomen, you may be an excellent candidate for a mini tummy tuck or a regular tummy tuck... more

Loose skin or flabbiness is not something that can be improved with liposuction (liposculpture). With liposculpture you can have the fat removed from your tummy and grafted into your buttocks (as you were asking) but that will likely make the flabbiness worse. Though you are afraid of the scar from a tummy tuck, I recommend you strongly consider that procedure. A tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) will definitely give you the firm tummy you're looking for. The liposculpture can be done at... more

Check out the video to see if you are a candidate for tummy tuck. Chances are that if your skin got stretched out, the space between your muscles also got stretched out. Liposculpture will only remove fat but not tighten anything. Check out the link below for a fuller explanation on how to choose between lipo and tummy tuck. see video

Unfortunately from your description, a tummy tuck is likely the best choice for you. Even a tummy tuck will not remove stretch marks that are above your belly button. Do not listen to promises that liposuction or liposculpture will remove loose flabby skin and stretch marks. Often stretch marks look worse after liposuction. There are laser procedures that IMPROVE but do not remove stretch marks, but 4-5 treatments over many months are required for improvement --not removal....

Dear YOUNGMOMMA, Please, save your money. Despite the hype everywhere, I have yet to find a technique or machine that can noninvasively, safely and predictably tighten skin and remove stretch marks. If there was something approaching it on the market, a lot of us Plastic surgeons would be all over it. A few comments. Liposuction removes fat. Period. It will NOT tighten skin. In your case, the reason for the flabbiness is less fat and mostly separation of your tummy muscles by your baby.... more

Liposuction does not remove skin, so no skin can be "cut off". However, you can transfer fat effectively from one area to another (especially the buttocks, also know as the "Brazilain buttlift") There is no perfect treatment for stretch marks, although some of the fractional lasers jave been effective for some of our patients. Best to have a consult with an experienced plastic surgeon and learn the alternatives, so you can make an appropriate (for you), educated... more

Hello, Although you have said here that you are not interested in a tummy tuck, liposuction will not tighten much if anything. It will also not do anything for stretch marks. You might be a bit young for a tummy tuck as well as I recommend those to ladies completed with child bearing. Don't get "short sold" on lipo here. I don't think you will be happy.