Too Young for Tummy Tuck?

Our teaching as plastic surgeons is not to perform a tummy tuck on women who are contemplating becoming pregnant again. The reason presumably is that a pregnancy will negate the results of an abdominoplasty, and it might have to be done again.
Yet most of us have had patients who have had successful pregnancies after abdominoplasty when they had unexpected pregnancies. In fact I am not aware of any studies indicating the contrary. Women with tight fascias have children and women with loose fascias have children without incident all the time.
So the question is do you want to look the way you are for the next 15 years of your life? In the massive weight loss patient, this will be an obvious quality of life issue. If the possible need to redo the surgery is less concerning than the benefit you would achieve looking good for the next 15 years of your life, that is a very important factor.
My colleague below has given a nice summary of some of the main risks and benefits of surgery.
We must all be doctors, not just robots, and every case is individual.
I think you might be a fine candidate for an abdominoplasty.

Hi there-
Provided you are healthy, the issues to be weighed are the immediate benefits to you of achieving the body contour you want through surgery, your thoughts on the probable timing of your first pregnancy, and the likelihood that after your family is complete you will need to have your tummy tuck touched up.
If you think it is going to be many years before you pursue a family, you would really like to have the improvement in your contour now, and be able to enjoy it between now and your first pregnancy, and are not deterred by the possibility of needing touch up surgery after you complete your family, I think you would have a high likelihood of being very satisfied with your experience and outcome.
If, on the other hand, you either think you will be pregnant within the next few years, or would be upset to have to undergo the procedure again after babies, or if the improvement is just not that important to you (not enough to undergo surgery), I would say you would probably be better off waiting until you have completed your family.
Of course, only you can answer these questions... Think about what you want for yourself now, over the next few years, and in the long term. Visit with a reputable and Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. You'll know what is right for you.