Im 5'1 125lbs. I have a tiny frame I want a mini tummy tuck because I dont want a scar hip to hip? (photo)

Thank you for your question and photos. You are an excellent candidate for a tummy tuck with a short, low pubic incision. You do have a wide muscle separation and this needs to be fixed from breast bone to the pubic bone (a mini tummy tuck by strict definition is repairing the muscle separation from the belly button to the pubic bone). This approach would leave a significant bulge in your upper abdomen. I do these procedures with special instrumentation and fiberoptic retractors through the short pubic incision and through a small belly button incision, so I can repair the muscle separation from the breast bone down. The final scar is a short scar in the pubic area and not hip bone to hip bone. I also use the VASER lposuction technique to sculpt the abdomen at the same time. See a board certified plastic surgeon who is familiar with this technique. Good luck.

You can have a mini tummy tuck, but, in my opinion you need a full abdominoplasty. You simply have too many stretch marks and too much loose skin. The mini tuck will be a real dissappointment. But don't feel bad. With mini tummy tucks the scar is almost as long and there are really very few patients who are decent candidates for a mini tummy tuck.

I suspect that you would be a great candidate for a mini tummy tuck. However it would be impossible to tell you definitively without physical exam. Best of luck.