Mini Tummy Tuck - Effective?

I'm a 38 yr old mother of three- all under the age of five. I delivered a singleton and twins via c-section. I have an excess of skin below my belly button which I'd like to remove but I also am frustrated with my layer of padding that won't go away. I've lost all the baby weight and am leaner now than before I had children. I'm an active marathon runner and triathlete. I just want to see my abs again!! Will a mini tt help me achieve this goal?

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It looks like you are a good candidate for a Mini TT

It's a little difficult to tell from the photo, but it looks like you have most of your skin laxity and spread of the muscles below the belly button. With the c-section scar already there, there is very little downside. You should get a great result! Good Luck!

Mini Tummy Tuck

Have a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon evaluate you and if you are a good candidate, a mini TT is a good procedure and can tighten up the area below the BB. If your muscle is in good shape, and no diastasis present, then this is the procedure for you. If the muscle is weak, you need a full TT if you want the higher muscle repaired (muscle above the BB).

Candidate for mini tummy tuck

Based on the photo and your concerns, you may be a good candidate for a full (standard) tummy tuck instead of a mini tummy tuck. Due to pregnancy, your rectus muscles have likely separated. A full tummy tuck procedure would involve repair of the rectus muscles and removal of any loose, excess skin in the abdominal area. Liposuction is included to improve body contours. A mini tummy tuck only involves repair and work on the abdominal region below the belly button. Consult with a board... more

Mini-tummy tuck for "six pack"

As the other surgeons indicate, mini tummy tuck is for tightening the skin and muscle in the lower abdomen. Although you do not have very much fat, you indicate that you have a "layer of padding that won't go away". Unfortunately, mini tummy tuck will not help the padding problem very much. You can have liposuction to reduce some of the fat, but that also will probably not help enough to show your "six pack". Most individuals need to get to a very... more

Mini Tummy Tuck has limited benefits

Dear Abby, A mini tummy tuck is really designed to address the lower abdomen below the belly button, and generally in women with relatively good skin. It primarily tightens the abdominal wall below the belly button to reduce the "bulge." Sometimes a small amount of skin can be removed. However, if there is poor skin across the majority of the abdomen and if there is any laxity of skin or weakness of the abdominal wall above the belly button, then a mini tummy tuck will not... more

Mini tummy tuck is usually a lousy operation.

Mini-abdominoplasty is for the very rare patient who has loose skin only below the navel and any abdominal wall laxity confined to that area as well. After pregnancy, that is almost never the case. The picture demonstrates a patient that might be the rare candidate, but an actual physical exam would be required. I am skeptical.

Mini tummy tuck is not the right operation for most patients

Yo uhave a bit of skin laxity below the belly button. I'd be interested to see you in profile - a bulding abdominal wall above the belly button will not be addressed by a standard 'mini tummy tuck. You may be one of the few people that benefit from a 'mini' - an examination is the only way to say with certainty.

Mini-tummytuck

I would need to examine you, but your photo would indicate that you are a good candidate for a minitummytuck. This would use your existing scar with a little fat removal and muscle tightening