Breast Augmentation: Q&A
Ask a QuestionHow Long is the Surgery for a Combined Mini Tummy Tuck and Breast Augmentation?
What factors would prevent having a mini tummy tuck and breast augmentation together? If patients have had no prior surgery, would it be recommended to just have one surgery at a time then? Is the type of breast augmentation the biggest factor?
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Breast Augmentation and Tummy Tuck Together is Common
The combination of Breast Augmentation and Tummy Tuck is quite common and popular and is one type of "Mommy Makeover."
There are no typical factors that would prevent doing these two procedures together, and there are many advantages to combining the two procedures (rather than separately): less cumulative anesthesia time, less cost, less total recovery time and convenience of a single operation and recovery.
As with all elective surgery, your plastic surgeon should asses...
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A breast augmentation and mini-tummy tuck would take about 2 hours to perform.
Combination procedures are fairly common in aesthetic surgery. Body work often addresses problems with the breast and abdomen. Mini tummy tucks, however, are seldom indicated.
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Breast Augmentation and Mini-Tummy Tuck
Everything depends on your anatomy. With very little asymmetry in your breasts and a relatively normal appearence preoperatively, the augmentation should take less then 1 hour. A mini-abdominoplasty should also be around an hour. So 2 hours of surgery time is the average. Add in to that anesthesia time of 30 minutes before and after as well as preoperative evaluation by the anesthesiologist and recovery room time, the total time will be around 4 hours.
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Breast augmentation and mini-tummy tucks
Breast augmentation with a mini-tummy tuck is a very popular combination in this age of "mommy makeovers." The length of time for the surgery can vary with each surgeon and with the individual requirements of the patient. A reasonable time range is 2 to 3-1/2 hours.
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Mini-tummy tuck and breast implants in Cleveland
A mini-tummy tuck and breast augmentation can be safely performed in one operation as long as the patient is healthy. Altogether the surgeries take 2.5 to 3 hours to perform which is a safe amount of time to be under anesthesia for healthy patients. I do not routinely admit patients overnight for this procedure. By combining the two procedures patients have only one recovery period which minimizes time off work. Together these surgeries create a nice improvement...
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Mini-tummy tuck and breast augmentation
Abdominal surgery and breast augmentation are very popular procedures that can often be combined. I am not a big fan of a mini-tummy tuck, because for most patients they need a full tummy tuck. But to determine what would be best for you, a full exam is essential.
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Breast augmentation and mini tummy tuck, about three to four hours
For most surgeons the combination of a mini tummy tuck and breast augmentation is a safe procedure that will take about three to four hours, well within a safe range for an office based procedure.
Best of luck,
peterejohnsonmd
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Multiple Procedures at Once
Breast surgery and tummy tucks are very commonly performed together. It is one recovery and most of the time, you save money on hospital and anesthesia costs. As long as you are healthy without any significant health issues, then you would be a good candidate for both surgeries at the same time. Also, depending on your domestic situation, this could limit to what you should and shouldn't do. Some mothers have young children or they don't have anybody to help them after surgery. This...
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How Long is the Surgery for a Combined Mini Tummy Tuck and Breast Augmentation?
A surgery should NOT take a minute longer than it takes to be done WELL.
Surgeons operate at various speeds and produce different outcomes because patients are largely different. Depending on the size of the patient and extent of required surgery, a Mini Tummy Tuck with implants on the average takes 3 to 4 hours.
Peter A Aldea, MD
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Breast surgery and tummy tuck are often done at the same time
Breast and tummy tuck surgery are so frequently done together that the combination of these procedures has it's own name: Mommy Makeover. How long your particular surgery will take depends on several factors, most importantly what technical procedures you are having done and the speed of your surgeon. Remember, faster is not always better, nor is slow as molasses the best. Most importantly though, if you are healthy, these two procedures may be safely combined to give you...
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