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How to Address Loose Belly After Pregnancy?
asked 2 years ago by Mrs. Garza in Houston, TX
Latest answer by Brooke R. Seckel, MD
Question viewed 5,388 times
Tags: female, after pregnancy, c-section, loose
I'e been really insecure after having 2 C-sections. I've tried excersing and dieting but nothing works because if my horrible tummy. I cry all the time; please can anyone tell me what I can do for this problem?
32 answers to How to Address Loose Belly After Pregnancy?
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You need a tummy tuck
You will have a substantial improvement in your belly with a TT. Just make sure you are done having kids, are within 10-20 pounds of your ideal weight, don't smoke and that you DO go to a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for your care. Look at lots of photos on my web site and see what you can do to improve!
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Tummy after pregnancy
You look to be a great candidate for an abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) and some liposuction to your hips and mid-back. This surgery is done under a general anesthetic. It usually can be done on an outpatient basis, but frequent follow-ups with your Plastic Surgeon are needed over the first 2-3 weeks. This surgery can provide fantastic results, but there is a significant recovery period. You would be moving very slow for the first 2 weeks, and will need some help around...
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Robert Wilke, MD
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Unhappy with abdomen after pregnancy
It seems babies are being delivered much bigger these days and it also seems these big babies are causing more and more problems with their mother's abdomens In the process of growing these big babies many normal and expected physical problems are happening with the mother. The abdominal wall is stretching and in this process the muscles stretch and get longer, the skin is stretching and getting larger and the mother is gaining weight and putting more fat on the abdominal...
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John K. Long, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon
Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck and body contouring
Based on the photos you have submitted above, it appears that you would benefit from a tummy tuck procedure to improve your abdominal contour. The best time to undergo surch a surgery is when you are close to your ideal body weight. As you lose weight before surgery, the skin will sag slightly more that it does now, however, this will be removed at the time of surgery.
Also, based on the photos of your back/buttock area, you may also consider liposuction of your lower back and sides with a...
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Tummy tuck for loose belly.
Hi!
You need a good tummy tuck to remove the excess skin and fat and to tighten the muscles. (You include very helpful pictures!) It's not hard.
Afterwards, you will still be overweight, but that is a separate issue. Your stomach will be a lot flatter even if you don't lose weight. You don't have to be thin to have an abdominoplasty.
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Abdomioplasty for loose skin.
Thanks for providing the pictures - they are very helpful. You would benefit greatly from an abdominoplasty. Another other procedure, including liposuction, is not going to give you a nice result. You have excess skin and they only way to remove it with a nice result is tummy tuck.
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Loose Tummy after Pregnancy Best Treated with Full Tummy Tuck
Thank you for your question. See an experienced Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for advice.
From your photo it appears that you will need a full tummy tuck. During the Tummy Tuck if your abdominal muscles are split they may also be repaired.
The more weight that you can lose before your Tummy Tuck the better your results will be.
Good luck.
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Tummy tuck will address problem of loose belly after pregnancy
From the photos that you submitted with your question, it appears that you have alot of redundant or excess skin following your pregnancy. If you are not planning on having any more children, then tummy tuck surgery will be what you need to help you get rid of all that excess skin and fat. I also suggest that you diet and exercise to get to the lowest weight that you feel comfortable with before you have the tummy tuck operation. Consult a surgeon in your area that is...
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How to Address Loose Belly After Pregnancy?
You can have a very big improvement with a tummy tuck which can make the surface of your abdomen smooth by getting rid of the folds. However you do have some weight to lose based on the roundness of your upper abdomen and your results will be better if you lose that first. That's not possible for everyone so see a well trained and board certified plastic surgeon in your area and get his advice also. Whichever path you choose, you're going to be very happily surptised.
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Solution to current abdominal appearence
Hello,
You will get a variety of answers based on the plastic surgeons preference. Additional weight loss would be ideal. In terms of plastic surgery solutions my preference based on your photos is tummy tuck and circumferential trunk liposuction. There is some disagreement among plastic surgeons about the safety of doing so in combination with a tummy tuck. If done properly the combination could provide a dramatic result.
All the best,
Dr Repta
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Treatment plan
Liposuction of the lower back and love handles, tummy tuck to address the front. Looking at your pictures this combination would give you a significant improvement. Surgery alone, however, is not your answer. Weight loss will greatly improve your self-confidence and overall health. Surgery is not a one time fix. Think of it as just one step you take to improve your self-esteem. If you spent money on surgery, consider spending some money on getting...
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Abodminoplasty and/or liposuction
Abdominoplasty can remove excess fat and skin that is resistant to diet and exercise. Liposuction can be used with abdominoplasty to improve the shape of your waist.
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Body after Baby: When a Mommy Makeover is Right for You
A tummy tuck will address the loose skin on your abdomen and will completely remove all the skin below your belly button. It also tightens the muscles all the way down the abdomen in the midline, which cinches the waist and flattens the tummy even more. And you can have liposuction of the waist, hips, and back at the same time for even more pronounced mid-body contouring. See a surgeon who is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Best wishes!
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Carmen Kavali, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Contouring After Pregnancy
Dear Mrs. Garza:
Tummy tuck (also called abdominoplasty) is a very popular cosmetic surgery procedure for moms in Houston. A tummy tuck can be an effective tool for shaping and sculpting the body for better body appearance and improved self esteem.
Sometimes no amount of diet and exercise can create a flat tummy. This procedure actually tightens abdominal muscles and removes excess fat and skin from the stomach area to create a tighter, slimmer, smoother belly. A tummy...
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Body contouring through liposuction and tummy-tuck
Hello Mrs Garza. Pregnancy and child birth extract a great toll on a woman's body. Mother's day is a National Holiday for a reason and we should all thank our mothers for their sacrifices. Pregnancy results in loose skin skin, stretch marks, separation of the abdominal muscles (diastasis) and fatty accumulation of the abdomen and love handles. After reviewing your photos, I would recommend a tummy-tuck combined with liposuction of the abdomen, waist and flanks. This...
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Correcting loose abdomen after pregnancy
Abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, is a procedure that is designed to correct the loose muscles and remove the loose skin of the abdomen due to pregnancy. The procedure may be combined with liposuction in order to achieve the best aesthetic result.
Olivia Hutchinson, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon
New York Plastic Surgeon
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Plastic surgery after pregnancy
Mrs. Garza- Many women feel the same way you do. After carrying and birthing children, a woman’s body is never the same as it was before the pregnancy. It is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle and continue to exercise and eat right. Your health can be crucial in the possibility of having surgery. Healthy people have fewer complications and an overall shorter recover period. In your case, I would recommend consulting with a plastic surgeon about the possibility of an extended...
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Joseph G. Bauer, MD
Alpharetta Plastic Surgeon
Alpharetta Plastic Surgeon
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Post pregnancy tummy
There are thousands of woman with the same problem that you have. The treatment for this would be a Tummy Tuck and possible Liposuction. You will require help at home and at least a 2 week recovery time. I believe you will be so happy with this surgery you will wonder why no one told you about it before.
Linda Swanson, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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How to fix loose skin after pregnancy
A tummy tuck or a mini tummy tuck is the best solution to fix loose skin after pregnancy. Your best bet is to be evaluated by an experienced board certified plastic surgeon so that they may determine if you have excess fat or loose muscles that should be addressed at the same time. Be sure to let your plastic surgeon know about your concerns and they should work with you to minimize your incisions and shorten the recovery process.
B. Pat Pazmino, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon
Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck after pregnancy
Your photos demonstrate loose rolls of skin, excess fat, and abdominal wall laxity.
You would benefit from an abdominoplasty that addresses each of these issues.
Seek out a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation.
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Loose belly after pregnancy
You would benefit greatly from a tummy tuck and see a dramatic improvement. Your condition is very commonly seen after pregnancy, so don't be worried. With a tummy tuck, the loose skin will be removed, the excess fat is removed, and the loose muscles are tightened - all resulting in a nice flat and firm tummy!
Randy J. Buckspan, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon
Austin Plastic Surgeon
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Extended tummy tuck versus lower body lift [with video]
If your weight is stable I would say look at an extended tummy tuck or lower body lift. Also make sure you are completed with childbearing first.
Best Regards.
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Full tummy tuck after weight loss
To improve the appearance of your abdomen, I would first suggest trying to lose weight. You will most definitely need a full tummy tuck but the results are often better when the excess weight is off first.
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Pregnancy, apple body, and tummy tucks
From the photos you have a classic "apple body" which is a genetically programmed shape, and pregancy makes it manifest itself more. Everything is concentrated around the middle. A tummy tuck with lipo on the hips and back is the best approach to this. Often patients I see with this body type are exercise fanatics but their legs just keep getting skinnier while the middle is relatively unaffected. One other bit of advice is that the upper inner thigh area seems to be part of the...
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Full tummy tuck
There is no doubt that you would see significant correction of the abdominal skin redundancy and some of the fullness with use of a full abdominoplasty and liposuction. The risks of combining the two will be discussed at your consutlation.
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck and Liposuction are your best bet
Hi there-
You have several good options, provided you are in good health and are not planning to have further children, which might compromise the outcome....
If your goal was to achieve maximum improvement through a single procedure, I would suggest you meet with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to discuss tummy tuck with liposuction. This would give you a dramatically transformed torso, and may even leave you looking better than before you were pregnant!
Alternatively, if your goal is to...
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Loose belly skin - Tummy tuck and liposuction are the answers
There are different bellies after babies.
If you have loose skin, you always need to tighten the skin. The only way we have to tighten skin is to cut it out. No exercise, laser, or cream will improve it.
When you have a lot of fat as well, you will benefit most from doing liposuction and a tummy tuck.
You cannot liposuction the front and tummy tuck it at the same time. You can liposuction the rest of you- your back and love handles / flank and then tummy tuck the front. I prefer this...
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Lauren Greenberg, MD
Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon
Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck to remove excess skin
Dear Mrs. Garza,
You have a significant amount of excess skin on your stomach that is creating double folds. If you imagine trading the shadows from the two skin creases for one scar with a smooth abdominal contour, that would be the general result from an abdominoplasty. The skin between the fold from your belly button to the fold from your c-section would be removed. Ideally you would want to perform the procedure when you are within 10% of your goal / ideal body weight, but if you have...
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Benefits of a Tummy Tuck
Based on the information and photos you provided, you would benefit significantly from a tummy tuck procedure. In order to improve your abdominal region, the tummy tuck along with a little lipo will help you acheive a flat stomach. A tummy tuck involves repair of the rectus muscles, which was stretched during pregnancy, as well as removal of excess/loose skin.
Make sure that you are finished having children because results can be affected with another pregnancy and tyr to be at your...
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You are a great candidate for a tummy tuck
Hi Mrs. Garza,
Your photos are very helpful - they reveal that you have signficiant excess skin and fat of the abdominal wall, as well as laxity (looseness) of the abdominal wall muscles. The operation that will provide you the best result is a tummy tuck. Through an incision at the bikini line, the excess skin and fat of your abdominal wall can be removed. The same incision will allow tightening of your abdominal wall muscles to eliminate your upper and lower abdominal bulges. It is...
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Sam Jejurikar, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon
Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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BEST Solution to both Fat Collections and Loose Skin after 2 Pregnancies
BEST photographic documentation I have EVER seen on RealSelf.
No need to cry. I see women like you every single week and I am sure we can help you. In looking over your photographs, we have several fixable issues:
Loose abdominal skin
Abdominal Wall Looseness / laxity
Fat collections involving the Back / Hips
Fat collections along the Love Handles and Upper portion of the Tummy
This is fixable but I would strongly recommend you do it in 2 surgeries instead of one for better results and...
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Easy - loose weight and have a tummy tuck.
A tummy tuck will get rid of the excess skin and tighten your abdominal wall. But, you need to be a part of this and go on a diet first. You will have the best result if you can loose some of your weight first.
Talk to a qualified board certified plastic surgeon and design a plan. Diet and exercise will get you to lose weight -- the tummy tuck will do the rest.


