Do I have dog ears and need hip lipo after tummy tuck? (Photos)

Thank you for your question regarding whether you have dog ears after your tummy tuck and whether liposuction will help. Thank you for your history and your pictures. Examining your pictures, yes, you do indeed have dog years. Dog ears are excess skin and fat at the end of the incision. In my opinion, liposuction will make this area worse, not better. You have excess skin and fat. Liposuction will only remove the fat. Therefore, you need the skin removed. I would suggest the excision of your dog ears. Too excise your dog ears, the incision will have to be carried out over the hips and around towards the buttock. If your buttock bothers you, now is the time to do a buttock lift. In my opinion, you initially needed an extended tummy tuck or 360 circumferential lower body lift. Therefore, I would suggest surgical dog ear revision with excision. To accomplish this, the incision will need to be carried out over the hips and towards the back. Good luck. Please seek a specialist who concentrates their practice on 360 circumferential lower body lifts.

If it has only been 2 months, you need to wait and heal since you still have swelling. If you look the same after 2-3 more months, then consider liposuction of your flanks and trim the excess skin if needed. Please discuss your concerns with your surgeon.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
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