Doctor Q&A

Thanks for your question! We often do liposuction to the love handles or braline with a tummy tuck but doing the upper abdomen can compromise the blood supply. The best way to ensure you won't need that additional liposuction is a little bit of weight loss. Good luck!

Thanks for your question! You actually have a really nice size and shape to your areola but you are very bottom heavy. The word to describe your breasts is "psuedoptotic". I would suggest a reverse mastopexy and we may not even need to touch the areola. If you definitely want them smaller, you would need to consider a true breast lift. A donut lift would not work for you. Good luck!

Great question—most of your result happens in the first 6–8 weeks. You control a lot of it with prep, surgeon choice, and how you protect the grafts while they “re-plug in.”
Before surgery (sets the stage) • Stable weight for ~3–6 months; avoid crash diets after surgery. • Absolutely no nicotine/vaping 4 weeks before and at least 6 weeks after—nicotine chokes the tiny vessels your fat needs to survive. • Control diabetes/thyroid/iron issues; high-protein diet (about 1.2–1.6 g/kg/...

Yes your bridge can be lowered and I think you would get a nice result. I would perform this as a closed rhinoplasty but open rhinoplasty would work as well

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Choosing a surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery is a very important step to ensure the level of education, training, and experience of your surgeon. To become board certified by ABPS, a doctor must have completed a surgical residency or fellowship in plastic surgery, passed both a written and oral exam, adhere to ethical and safety guidelines, operate in accredited facilities, and participate in continuing medical education. The Board of...

Thanks for your question! Seeing that you are two years out, there isn't a lot you can do at this point unfortunately. I'm sorry! Best of luck!

Cup size isn't important. How you look in the mirror is. that's why you need to get sized in the office by the surgeon. That will inform the surgeon the correct implant for you.

It would not be accurate to make a definite judgment without an in-person examination, but based on your description and photo, there appears to be some skin laxity and stretch marks on the abdomen. These usually indicate that the skin’s elasticity is partially reduced after pregnancy.
In such cases, liposuction can sometimes make looseness more visible because removing fat decreases the support underneath the skin. However, since you are young, your skin still has some capacity to r...

Ptosis surgery (raising the eyelid height) can often have asymmetries following surgery. Revision surgery would be required to improve the symmetry of the eyelids. Best to see your surgeon again to get their opinion.

Patients have increasingly become interested in facelifts at a younger age. In your case, aging changes appear relatively early or mild and may not warrant a full facelift. You could consider microliposuction of the prejowls, which can be done under local anesthesia, and potentially an upper lid blepharoplasty.