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How Much Weight Difference Will I Have After TT?, I Am 5'5" and 155lbs.
how much difference will I see after tummy tuck and lipo of the flanks? Could it be around 5 lbs?
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Daliushka
in Pa
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How much weight will you lose with a tummy tuck?
You will lose some weight with a tummy tuck but we like to tell patients that a tummy tuck is not really about weight loss....it's more about reshaping the tummy.
In a tummy tuck, also known as abdominoplasty, three things are done by the surgeon. First the abdominal muscles are repaired if they have come apart from childbirth or surgery. Secondly excess fat is liposuctioned. Finally excess is skin is removed and the remaining skin is pulled down to make the skin tight and firm...
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Tummy tuck and weight loss
Tummy tuck is not a weight loss surgery, nor is liposuction. You will probably lose some weight since some tissue and fat are removed, but it is more about shaping and contouring the abdomen. I think your suggestion of 5 pounds is not unrealistic.
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Tummy tuck is not a weight loss procedure.
Tummy tuck is a body shaping and contouring surgery. It is not designed for weight loss. You will lose inches. If you are expecting to lose a significant amount of weight then you will be dissappointed.
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Difficult to say
It depends how large the lower abdomen. It may easily be 3 to5 pounds. You will look much slimmer especially if you have liposuction of the flanks or waist.
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon
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Weight loss after tummy surgery
Despite the relatively large amount of skin and fat that are removed with a typical tummy tuck, the weight is rarely more than 3 lbs. Even with liposuction, not much more should be lost. Nonetheless, the difference in shape should make this procedure worthwhile.
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How much weight loss associated with a tummy tuck?
As some of the other physicians have indicated, the actual wt loss will not be as much as might be expected. Given your height and weight, unless you have lost a very large amount of weight and have a large hanging panniculus as a result, I would not expect you to lose 5 pounds, which would be over 2000 grams. In fact, due to the stress response after surgery with salt and water retention, if you get on the scale the day after surgery, you will weigh heavier than before. Now, you...
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Weight difference after tummy tuck
Thanks for your question -
In our San Francisco area practice we perform this operation frequently. A tummy tuck is designed to reduce excess skin, adiposity and tighten your abdominal wall muscles to improve your contour.
Fat and skin itself is relatively light weight and the weight of tissue removed is typically only a few pounds.
The real difference is the shape improvement the surgery can make.
I hope this helps!
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Weight loss after a tummy tuck and liposuction
On average, patients will lose a few pounds after a standard tummy tuck. The liposuction depends upon the volume removed.
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Weight loss after abdominoplasty
You are not likely to lose more than a few pounds with abdominoplasty. If you have excessive skin all the way around it might make a small difference. Just think, fat floats, so it weighs less than water.
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Weight loss expected after a TT.
Most patients will lose about 2 to 5 lbs after a TT. Even patients with a very large pannus don't lose much more than 10 lbs. Weight loss should not be your goal with a TT, but you should be sure your weight is near normal before the TT and improving your body contour should be what you should expect. Good luck.
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The weight loss from removal of fat and skin from a tummy tuck is usually not as much as expected.
The skin and fat removed from an abdominoplasty is usually 2 pounds or so. Bigger patients may have bigger amounts but seldom is 10 pounds removed even in patients with massive excesses of skin and fat in the abdominal drape.
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Weight loss after tummy tuck and liposuction
You will likely lose between 3-7 pounds with the tummy tuck and liposuction of the flanks. As you should know, these are not weight loss procedures, but rather body contouring procedures.
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Weight loss after tt and lipo
About 1-2 pounds of weight loss for the lipo part, and about 3-5 pounds for an extended tummy tuck is pretty average for my patients....after the swelling & fluid retention all goes away.
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Weight loss from a tummy tuck
I have weighed several tummy tuck specimens and the big ones are about 4 pounds, the usual ones are around 2-3 pounds.
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