Doctor Q&A

You do appear to be a good candidate for an abdominoplasty, which would remove your pouch you dislike and help to smooth and tighten your abdomen. In order to achieve the flattest abdomen possible, you should try to bring your weight down as close as possible to your ideal body weight. Your present BMI is slightly over 29 so some weight loss would complement your results. Best wishes.

Dear Forceful580804, thanks for sharing your pictures and concerns, after analyze your case I can rather say that no that much large implants for augmentation and a lift can help to improve the look of your breast and give that natural look you are looking for. Make sure you go on consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon. Hope this helps and best of lucks. Dr. Luis Mejia

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

Buglesalmoncat,
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...

In some cases of larger areolae, it may be safer to leave behind a vertical remnant of areola, because complete areolar removal may jeopardize blood flow of the skin flaps during closure. After several months for the new skin to soften and post operative edema to resolve, there is usually sufficient skin laxity to remove the remaining areolar tissue. This may potentially be performed in an office procedure under local anesthesia.

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.