How close to my ideal weight should I be before tummy tuck?

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.

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! 

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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