Tummy Tuck: Q&A
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I am a healthy 19 year old female who went from weighing 290lbs to now weighing 175, which is a weight I am comfortable with, especially with my height. I have excess skin on my stomach, and pubic area that I would like to get rid of with a tummy tuck, but I also want to be pregnant in the future. Would a surgeon even consider a tummy tuck on a patient who wants to be pregnant in the future?
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AMBL
in Upland, CA
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Rare Exception
Performing a TT on a massive weight loss patient is one of the exceptions I use when deciding on performing a TT on a woman who is not sterile. You need to understand that when you become pregnant you will lose a lot of the correction from the original TT. It is best to wait until you are finished with child bearing before undergoing a TT.
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Tummy tuck on teenager
Hi,
Great weight loss.
Many plastic surgeons would suggest you wait until you have children but I would take a different approach.
You have done a tremendous job in losing the weight. You are "stuck" in the weight range that you have achieved and maybe this is where you want to stay.
A body contouring procedure can allow you to become motivated in many ways in your young life. Contour you now and you will see that the weight loss...
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Teenage Tummy Tuck
Congratulations on your weight loss. Did you have surgery or was this through diet and excercise? If your weight is stable, you are an appropriate candidate for any body contouring procedure to remove the excess skin. I have performed several circumferential procedures on women in their late teens and early twenties following massive weight loss such as what you have experienced. Generally, I have found that despite the fluctuation in weight, the abdomen is largely...
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Thank you for the question.
Congratulations on your significant weight loss; it sounds like you are an excellent candidate for tummy tuck surgery regardless of age and/or planned future pregnancies. Unless you are planning on having a pregnancy in the near future I would not hesitate performing the tummy tuck surgery for you.
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Teenage Tummy Tuck
Considering your unique situation, as all patients should be evaluated as an individual with all their particular circumstances / history taken into consideration, you are certainly a candidate for an abdominoplasty, with the assumption that you are not planning on having children in the next few years. You will be counseled by the appropriate surgeon that future pregnancies can certainly be carried out safely after a tummy tuck and that these possible future pregnancies can alter...
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Tummy Tuck - Teenage Tummy Tuck
While I would normally prefer not to do this procedure on a teenager, having lost as much weight as you did puts you in a different category and I think it's entirely appropriate - and will be beneficial - to do so. You will, of course, have scars - but those are unavoidable with a TT and particularly so when it is being after significant weight loss. In this case, though, it's such a good trade (easy for me to say!) that I would recommend this procedure without...
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Tummy tuck and Weight Loss
With your history of weight loss, I am sure you have a large apron of excess skin which could be removed with tummy tuck surgery. If you would have surgery , you would need to limit your weight with pregnancy to minimize adverse effects of skin stretching say 25-30 lbs. When and if it is worth it to you are questions for you to answer.
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Tummy Tuck is an excellent option to get rid of post weight loss skin
Yes, you can have a tummy tuck to get rid of excess abdominal tissues now. However you are likely to need another one after you go through pregnancies. However it is ok now and ok then. I don't think that any plastic surgeon will have reservations in offering you this surgery. Good luck.
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Teenage TT after MWL
Outstanding job on the weight loss! Conventional thinking always been that you should not have an abdominoplasty if you plan to get pregnant in the future. This can be misleading as it implies something dire may happen to the baby. This is not the case. Your skin and muscles will stretch and the baby will be fine. The concern is that you might need further skin excision after your pregnancy. In your case this is more likely as your skin does not have the...
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Tummy tuck in teenagers after massive weight loss
Congratulations. You have lost more than 400,000 calories!
Since you have not mentioned your height, in order to have the best result with the least amount of complications, my recommendation is to have your Body Mass Index below 30.
If you are not planning to have children soon, a tummy tuck is definitely a good option for you. As mentioned by others, pregnancy may reverse some of the improvements after your tummy tuck.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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