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TT Before Pregnancy?

I am 5'4, 138 pounds and 32. I have lost a lot of weight over the past 10 years. I always have to wear spanks to make my loose skin appear tight under my clothes. If I have children it won't be for another 5 years. How much would one pregnancy mess up a TT?

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Tummy Tuck Before Pregnancy

I do not recommend patients have a Tummy Tuck prior to pregnancy. It would be in your best interest to have your children, then consider surgery.

Robert E. Zaworski, MD

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Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

Tummy Tuck Before Pregnancy?

Congratulations on your weight loss. Based on this weight loss and the description of your abdominal wall "loose skin”, you may be an excellent candidate for tummy tuck surgery. As you know, there is a chance that additional surgery may be necessary if you have the tummy tuck surgery performed before pregnancies. Unfortunately, there is no way of predicting with any degree of accuracy how an individual patient's abdominal wall will change with pregnancy ( after tummy... more

Tummy Tuck Before Pregnancy

There is always a question of whether to do a tummy tuck before a possible future pregnancy. Each case should be judge on its own merits. If the patient is really troubled by the look of the abdomen and pregnancy will not be in the near future, tummy tuck is not unreasonable. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Pregnancy Following Tummy Tuck

If you have a lot of extra skin after weight loss and are not planning on getting pregnant for a few years, I would not hesitate to have a tummy tuck as long as you realize that depending upon how your body reacts to the pregnancy you may want a second tummy tuck in the future. see video

Finish Family First

Pregnancy will change the result of your tummy tuck dramatically. I recommend completing your family first then seek evaluation for a tummy tuck. Dr. ES

Tummy tuck, abdominoplasty, is best put off until no further pregnancies planned.

A tummy tuck addresses multiple aesthetic problems after childbirth in the average case. The pregnancy, although possible, after a tummy tuck would do much of what was accomplished originally. It would be best to wait until no further childbirth is anticipated.

Tummy tuck before pregnancy

I advise patients who have already had children but haven't completed their families to wait until childbearing has been completed. Since you are talking about having children five years down the road and have lost a great deal of weight, if you desire to improve your appearance now, go for it--but with the caveat that you may need revision after pregnancy. Even one pregnancy can have an effect, particularly if you gain a lot of weight or require a C-section.

TT Before Pregnancy

If you are not planning pregnancies for 5 years, and you want the improvement now, having a TT makes perfect sense to me. A pregnancy will stretch out your abdomen, and only time will tell if it will shrink down or if you will be considering another TT. All the best.

Pregnancy after a Tummy Tuck

It is not recommended to have a tummy tuck and then get pregnant. Once you have a tummy tuck, your abdomen may not stretch to carry the baby to full term increasing the risk of a premature birth. The best time to have a tummy tuck is after your child bearing years.

Any TT before pregnancy unless you have loosen abdominal skin in excess/no se aconseja TT antes de embarazo es mejor lypo

Any TT is advisable before pregnanacy unless you have gotten a very excesive stretch marks besides loosen skin belly flaps by previous obesity grade III or by pass gastric surgery, if you are not a patient with those problems may be easeally solved with a nice ultrasocin lypo. no es aconsejable el TT si nunca has estado embarazada es mejor una lipo ultrasonica, al menos que tengas estrias o colgajos de piel abdominal como secuela de un bye pass gastrico

Pregnancy Likely To Undo Benefits Of Tummy Tuck

The benefits that you get from a tummy tuck are likely to be reversed to a greater or lesser degree by a full term pregnancy. If your plans don't include a pregnancy for 5 years, only you can decide if the immediate benefits would be worthwhile.

Tummy Tuck Before Pregnancy

Thank you for the question. From your description you would be a great candidate for an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck). Having said that, pregnancy after abdominoplasty can certainly undo the gains from the tummy tuck procedure. To what extent is unknown as that would be dependent on factors (size of baby, elasticity of skin, muscle retraction, etc.) not under the control of your plastic surgeon nor yourself. In the end you are the final determinant as to whether your current "deformity" is... more

Tummy tuck prior to pregnancy

Hello pharma3641, thanks for your question. A tummy tuck/ abdominoplasty surgery typically removes excess loose skin and fat, liposuctions the flanks, and tightens the rectus muscles with a strong suture leading to a nicely contoured hourglass look. For this reason, if someone is planning to get pregnant in the future, I do not recommend undergoing a tummy tuck because the significant changes to the body from hormonal surges and weight gain can disrupt the aesthetic results.... more

Tummy tuck before pregnancy

If you had massive weight loss, then it would seem reasonable to remove the excess tissue. I do not usually offer patients tummy tucks that are planning to have children in the near future.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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pharma3641 6 Feb 2013

Thank you very much all of your responses. I appreciate all of your responses. I went ahead and scheduled surgery for March 6th. I am very excited! I am nervous however the excitement to finally be able to wear a bikini is so joyful to me! Thank you for your support.

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