I've lost 60 lbs so far and my goal is 20 more
Answer: How close to my ideal weight should I be before tummy tuck? Thank you for the question and congratulations on your significant weight loss; you should be very proud of this accomplishment. Generally speaking, always best to achieve long-term stable weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. Doing so, will increase the safety of the operation, will likely improve the outcome of the operation, and will decrease chances that additional surgery will become necessary subsequently. In my practice, I do not ask specific patients to achieve a specific weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. I simply ask patients to achieve a long-term stable weight where he/she feels comfortable and does not expect significant fluctuation postoperatively.
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Answer: How close to my ideal weight should I be before tummy tuck? Thank you for the question and congratulations on your significant weight loss; you should be very proud of this accomplishment. Generally speaking, always best to achieve long-term stable weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. Doing so, will increase the safety of the operation, will likely improve the outcome of the operation, and will decrease chances that additional surgery will become necessary subsequently. In my practice, I do not ask specific patients to achieve a specific weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. I simply ask patients to achieve a long-term stable weight where he/she feels comfortable and does not expect significant fluctuation postoperatively.
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Answer: It's best to be within range of your target weight before a tummy tuck. Experiencing significant weight fluctuations after having a tummy tuck can negatively affect your results. Therefore, I strongly recommend waiting to have a tummy tuck until you've reached a healthy weight you feel confident you can maintain—ideally within at least 20 lbs of your goal weight. Remember that it's also important to continue eating right and staying active in order to ensure your results last long-term
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Answer: It's best to be within range of your target weight before a tummy tuck. Experiencing significant weight fluctuations after having a tummy tuck can negatively affect your results. Therefore, I strongly recommend waiting to have a tummy tuck until you've reached a healthy weight you feel confident you can maintain—ideally within at least 20 lbs of your goal weight. Remember that it's also important to continue eating right and staying active in order to ensure your results last long-term
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March 25, 2018
Answer: Weight Ideal weight would correspond to a BMI of 30 or less. You can find online calculators for this measure. If you can even get to within 31 or 32 it should be fine to proceed.
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March 25, 2018
Answer: Weight Ideal weight would correspond to a BMI of 30 or less. You can find online calculators for this measure. If you can even get to within 31 or 32 it should be fine to proceed.
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December 7, 2016
Answer: What should my ideal weight be before a tummytuck Great question.I think you should be at your ideal weight before surgery and should have been at this weight for a least a good 6 months. Remember that every Surgeon has slightly different pre operative instructions, when visiting your surgeon make sure he is Board Certified and ask him all your questions.Best of luck.
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December 7, 2016
Answer: What should my ideal weight be before a tummytuck Great question.I think you should be at your ideal weight before surgery and should have been at this weight for a least a good 6 months. Remember that every Surgeon has slightly different pre operative instructions, when visiting your surgeon make sure he is Board Certified and ask him all your questions.Best of luck.
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December 5, 2016
Answer: Weight loss before surgery I advise patients if they plan on losing more than 5-8 pounds before surgery then please do so first. By doing this it will not make surgery easier or less invasive but it can stretch out the skin more. Since our goal is to rid the laxed skin we would not want to create new laxed skin from more weight loss. For this reason I ask patients to be at their desired goal weight before surgery. Hope this helps!
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December 5, 2016
Answer: Weight loss before surgery I advise patients if they plan on losing more than 5-8 pounds before surgery then please do so first. By doing this it will not make surgery easier or less invasive but it can stretch out the skin more. Since our goal is to rid the laxed skin we would not want to create new laxed skin from more weight loss. For this reason I ask patients to be at their desired goal weight before surgery. Hope this helps!
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December 6, 2016
Answer: Weightloss before Tummy Tuck Thank you for your question. Congratulations on your weight loss! I prefer my patients to be within 10 lbs of their ideal weight before performing a tummy tuck as this gives me the ability to provide the most esthetically pleasing, long term result.
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December 6, 2016
Answer: Weightloss before Tummy Tuck Thank you for your question. Congratulations on your weight loss! I prefer my patients to be within 10 lbs of their ideal weight before performing a tummy tuck as this gives me the ability to provide the most esthetically pleasing, long term result.
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