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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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.

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... more

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... more

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... more

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

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... more

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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.

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.

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.

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.