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Which Type of Tummy Tuck Procedure Would Be Best for Me? (photo)

asked 6 months ago by BaMsMoM in Lake City, SC
Latest answer by Jeffrey Hartog, MD
Question viewed 417 times
Tags: c-section, options

I am 25 years old 4'11 and 125lbs. I have had 2 c-sections, the 1st was in 2007 and the 2nd in August 2011. So I am 4.5 months post-partum. I have lost the weight and back into my size 6 jeans Yah!! However my tummy is way more wrinkly and flabby this time. So which procedure do you think I would benefit most from?

18 answers to Which Type of Tummy Tuck Procedure Would Be Best for Me? (photo)

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Best Tummy Tuck Option

Upon reviewing your pictures, you would be an excellent candidate for a "full abdominoplasty" procedure. There are three components to how I perform abdominoplasty's: 1. Remove excess skin 2. Repair the muscles--the muscles will be tightened up again and 3. a slight bit of liposuction on upper abdomen and waist. I think you will get a beautiful result.
Jeffrey Hartog, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon
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What is best type of tummy tuck for your appearance

You would be a candidate for a full tummy tuck, likely with fascial plication. You would likely benefit from aggressive liposculpture simultaneously.
Kenneth L. Stein, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Full tummy tuck most of the time

From the pictures you included, I think it is more likely than not, that you would be happier with a full tummy tuck. Make your final decision after a full consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. I wish you well.
J. Jason Wendel, MD

Nashville Plastic Surgeon
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A standard Tummy Tuck looks like the best solution for you.

I sounds like you are fairly happy with your weight but are unhappy with your belly. You currently have excess fat thickness on your abdomen and around your flanks as well as looseness of the skin and underlying muscle. For the best results I would encourage you to keep working at your fitness level until you have achieved your goals for fitness. You have made some great progress that you should be proud of but your body is still capable of further change. With a little more fat loss you... more
Mathew C. Mosher, MD

Vancouver Plastic Surgeon

www.drmosher.com

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Full Tummy Tuck v. Mini Tummy Tuck

A Mini Tummy Tuck is not as tight as a full tummy tuck and does nothing for the area above the belly button. A full tummy tuck also tightens adjacent aresa such as the wistlins and upper thighs. From your photograph it appears as though you could have a mini tummy tuck , but I think you would be settling for a result that is not as good as a full abdominoplasty.
Mary Lee Peters, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Full tummy tuck to improve the appearance of the abdomen

Your photos indicate that laxity involves the entire abdominal wall; that is, both above and below the belly button. Therefore, only a full tummy tuck would provide you full treatment and rejuvenation of your abdomen (versus a mini-tummy tuck). An examination would be needed to definitively confirm this as well as determine whether or not you could also benefit from liposuction
Steven Turkeltaub, MD

Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

www.turkeltaub.com

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Best Tummy Tuck for You!

I agree with all of the answers on this subject. You will need a full tummy tuck. Do you see how there is some sagging skin above the belly button? This is how you know that the entire abdomen needs to be tightened and this means you will have a new belly button. By doing this you will have a flat, beautiful abdomen for life. Wearing clothes after you heal is such a thrill because you have nothing to try to push in or hide. I highly recommend a... more
Robert B. Winslow, MD

Folsom Plastic Surgeon
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What type of tummy tuck would be best for me?

You have laxity of the full abdomen, that is, of both lower and upper (above the belly button) tummy, and you would therefore need a full tummy tuck for the best result. Anything less than that would be disappointing.
Robert M. Grenley, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck After Pregnancy

After having children, after losing the weight of pregnancy, most women can benefit from a standard tummy tuck and some liposuction of the flanks and upper abdomen. Unfortunately, you can burn off the extra weight with exercise but the changes to the skin and muscles done by stretching can only be addressed by a standard tummy tuck. Based on the photos that are included, that is what I would also recommend for you.
Adam Hamawy, MD

Westchester Plastic Surgeon
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Only a full tummy tuck with muscle repair (and possibly some hip liposuction) will give you the result you seek!

Congratulations on your weight loss after 2 pregnancies! I assume you are done having babies and want to do the operation that will give you the best cosmetic result. Since you have a fair amount of loose skin that appears (from your photographs; examination in person is always better) to be localized to the front of the abdomen, only a full tummy tuck with muscle repair (rectus sheath plication) will satisfactorily remove the loose skin and fat below AND above your belly button. A mini-tuck... more
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.mpsmn.com

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What type of Tummy Tuck is best for me?

This is a great question, and one that I am glad you are asking before you have the procedure performed. There are multiple ways to improve the abdominal area after weight loss, pregnancy, or just aging, and if you ask 5 surgeons you will get 4 answers. This is because there is no one perfect procedure for everyone. The surgery must be tailored to achieve the best results for your specific body type and problem. That said, anything short of a full tummy... more
Erez Sternberg, MD

Jacksonville Plastic Surgeon
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Which Type of Tummy Tuck Procedure Would Be Best for Me? (photo)

My vote is a FULL TUMMY TUCK with muscle repair. Possible liposuction on the flanks could be done also. Best of luck.
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Which Type of Tummy Tuck Procedure Would Be Best for Me?

A FULL Tummy Tuck possibly combined with Liposuction of the back / hips. You will NOT be satisfied with any other procedure. Good Luck. Peter A Aldea, MD
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Full Tummy Tuck For Excess Skin After Pregnancies

A full tummy tuck is the best way to treat your excess skin and lower abdominal fat and muscle laxity. Only a full tummy tuck will tighten your skin and abdominal muscle as well as remove the excess fat from your lower abdomen. I think that you will be unhappy with any lesser procedure.
John Whitt, MD

Louisville Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck is your best option

Based on your pictures you are clearly a tummy tuck candidate. Any other procedure would leave you very unhappy.
Martin Jugenburg, MD

Toronto Plastic Surgeon

www.torontosurgery.ca

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Clearly a full tummy tuck for you

Anything less than a full TT for you would be the wrong choice IMO. You have laxity well above the umbilicus and only a full TT will help that. You look like you could have a beautiful result!
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck Options

Based on the information provided, a tummy tuck and possibly liposuction would be a good choice. However, you need a proper evaluation by a Board Certified plastic surgeon.
Karol A. Gutowski, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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TUmmy Tuck Candidate?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Congratulations on your weight loss; assuming you have completed having pregnancies you will be an excellent candidate for a full tummy tuck procedure. The tummy tuck procedure will serve to remove “excess” skin and adipose tissue and plicate (put back together) the abdominal wall muscles that spread when you were heavier. Hopefully, the procedure can be done through the C-sectionscar- this will also... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.poustiplasticsurgery.com

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