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Tummy Tuck After Liposuction?
I am 56 yrs old and having vaser liposuction in a couple of weeks. I am going to have a considerable amount of "leftover" skin. I would like to know if I will be able to have a tummy tuck in about a year, after the lipo, and will my muscles have to be cut to remove the excess skin?
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LadyKajun
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Tummy Tuck After Liposuction?
Thank you for your question. No muscle cutting is required, and a year after will be a great time to have a Tummy Tuck. I hope this helps.
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Vaser and Tummy Tuck
Really difficult to give an exact opinion here without looking at photos. This is because most people do not "need" a staged lipo and TT. If the plan is to knowingly undergo two separate procedures, then the circumstances would be rather unusual.
As seen from a number of these answers, most surgeons would address this with a single combination procedure. If any revision would be required, it would usually be more lipo, rather than more skin excision. Although...
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Tummy Tuck and VASER® Lipo can be performed together
Based upon your desires, I wonder why you don’t do a simple lipo-abdominoplasty in the same procedure? Neither procedure requires the muscles to be cut. A combination lipo-abdominoplasty is what I perform for many of my Cleveland tummy tuck patients.
VASER LipoSelection® abdominoplasty is a procedure that thins the “quilt” of the upper abdominal tissue, after which the skin is raised like a regular tummy tuck, and the excess skin between the belly button and pubis is removed. Then...
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Tummy tuck & liposuction
Great question. A tummy tuck can most certainly be done after liposuction of the abdomen. Depending on how much skin and fat tissue you have, the results can vary with just liposuction alone. Something called ultrasound assisted liposuction (VASER) can help tighten the skin after the fat is removed. If there is a lot of excess skin and fat, an abdominoplasty is a more powerful way to get the results you are likely looking for. Liposuction can be combined with the...
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Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy tuck
It is not unreasonable to have a tummy tuck after liposuction. Your excess skin that has poor tone will be hanging and can be excised
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Tummy tuck after lipo
Congratulations on your scheduled procedure. Certainly a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty can be done after liposuction. A tummy tuck never involves "cutting muscle". If you are going to have excess skin after the liposuction, it begs the question of why not do the tummy tuck first. It not only tightens skin (leftover skin) and the layer immediately around the muscle which is the layer contributing most to abdominal wall contour, and it will remove fat as well. Many...
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Tummy Tuck After Liposuction
The simple answer is, yes, you can have a Tummy Tuck after Liposuction, and, no, your muscles do not have to be cut. The question, however, is why do them separately. A lipo-abdominoplasty with both procedures done at the same time makes much more sense since it is one surgery, one recovery and less expensive.
Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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Lipoabdominoplasty
A lipoabdominoplasty will give you the best result. Liposuction will remove excess fat and help thin this layer so that your new contour from the muscle plication can show through. The last layer which is the skin will then be tightened to give the final result. I do all of this in one stage unless the patient requires greater than 7-8 liters of liposuction. In this situation, I would stage the procedure to give the best result.
Houston Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck After Liposuction To Remove Excess Skin
You will have no problem having a tummy tuck after liposuction and that will be an excellent approach to getting rid of any loose skin that did not 'disappear' after the fat is removed. Abdominal muscles are never cut during a tummy tuck rather they are tightened by being folded onto themselves. The amount of skin that is removed in a tummy tuck has nothing to do with whether the underlying abdominal muscles are tightened or not.
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Tummy tuck after lipo
Hard to tell without photos. However, I have often done tummy tucks inpatients who had previous lipo, usually because they were disappointed with the lipo and especially if it left ripples. you may be better having the tummy tuck to begin with, but it is a more extensive procedure, more costly, and has a longer recovery. That's why many women, like you, try the lipo first.
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Lipo VS TT
Thank you for this valuable question. We get it allot. Patients with excessive skin & excessive areas of abdominal fat benefit most from a procedure called a Lipoabdominoplasty. Liposuction fallowed by a tummy tuck can make the tummy tuck a much more difficult procedure from the scaring that occurs with the liposuction too the area. So, why do patients do liposuction before a tummy tuck? Some answers are that it is allot cheeper, there is a much quicker recovery and they may not be...
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Tummy tuck after liposuction.
I agree with the other physicians' responses in that you sound like a good candidate for a tummy tuck and lipo now. Knowing you will have excess skin after lipo is the best reason to do the tummy tuck now with some conservative lipo at the same time. Doing both procedures simultaneously is a slight bit more risky, but much more cost effective and very safe if done conservatively. You could always have a quick touch up lipo later if needed rather than the tummy tuck later.
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Tummy Tuck or Liposuction
If you know that liposuction is going to leave you with loose skin, it may be more beneficial and cost effective to have a tummy tuck and not liposuction. A tummy tuck is more powerful and can provide better results. The surgery is more involved and the recovery is more lengthy but will give you a more permanent result.
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Better to do the tummy tuck now
If you know you are going to have excess skin after the liposuction, you would be better off doing the tummy tuck now. Consider future liposuction as a possibility to improve your contour as a secondary procedure to the tummy tuck, not the other way around. I have found that sometimes with people who have had prior liposuction on their abdomen, doing a subsequent tummy tuck is more difficult, because the tissues don't stretch down as easily, even when it seems they have abundant...
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Tummy Tuck after Liposuction
I routinely perform liposuction of the entire midsection in larger amounts approaching 5 liters first. You can recover for about 3 months. This allows reestablishment of blood supply so that the tummy tuck flap can be safely elevated. The surgeon will NOT have to cut your muscles. Your muscles may have to be plicated or tightened, but they will not be cut.
Conversely, the tummy tuck can be performed...
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Tummy tuck not lipo for loose skin
If you are anticipating skin laxity after liposuction then it would be better to do the tummy tuck instead of liposuction. Any excess fat would be removed at the same time, you would have only one operation, and you would save money. While VASER and laser lipo may help skin to tighten a little bit, neither does nearly enough to be an alternative to abdominoplasty (tummy tuck.)
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