Love handles / lower back - Will lipo help? (photo)

My vote would be to wait. I think sculpting with your tummy tuck would provide better results with less scaring and skin issues to deal with at the time of your surgery. I do a lot of revision liposuction and revision tummy tucks. I know in my hands and likely any surgeon would agree the first time you’re fixing something is that best chance to create the most graceful curves and shape.
Cost for flank and abdomen liposuction is approx 13-16k. Most people to finance the surgery with specialty finance companies, like care credit or alpheon credit.

Hi, thank you for sharing your question. Your love-handles and lower back can be treated well with liposuction before, during or after your planned breast procedure.

Body contouring procedures have become increasingly popular and can help men and women recontour their body in adulthood. If you have stubborn areas of fatty accumulation that are more resistant to diet and exercise, you may be a candidate for body sculpting liposuction performed at Kare Plastic Surgery in Santa Monica. Liposuction remains one of the most popular procedures in cosmetic surgery and allows patients to slim and toned their waist line, back, arms, and legs using this minimally invasive and highly coveted procedure.

Among the most common areas to have liposuction performed is the waist line and stomach area. This makes liposuction an excellent alternative to a tummy tuck or mini tummy tuck. If you have had fluctuations in weight, you may benefit by recontouring the waistline and abdomen using liposuction. Patient with excessive skin in the lower abdomen from childbirth or from excessive weight loss may not respond well to liposuction because the extra skin will continue to hang. In these patients, and abdominal plasty procedure is preferred.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

Dear Powerful425797,

it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. If you are considering surgery, I would suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination, you will get more information and recommendations.

Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

From the photos and description of your goals you should be able to have a nice improvement from liposuction to your hips and lower back. You can elect to have this done now or at the same time as a tummy tuck. Either way liposuction should address the concerns you mentioned. You also look like a good candidate for the tummy tuck for when you're ready.

Thanks so much for your question,

Liposuction is very effective for reducing love handles and lower back fat. These areas tend to hold onto stubborn fat that doesn’t always respond well to diet and exercise, making them great candidates for lipo. Liposuction in this area is a common request and usually provides great results

Thank you for your inquiry! Liposuction of the abdomen is automatically included during an abdominoplasty procedure and liposuction of back/hips can be done during the same procedure as well. I would recommend waiting until that procedure so it can all be done at the same time with one recovery. We would love to meet with you virtually or in person to discuss your goals and make a surgical plan for you!

Liposuction of your lower back and flanks will reduce the volume of fat that’s underneath your skin, but liposuction does not change the quality of your skin. How well your skin retracts and recontours to the areas that have had liposuction will depend on several factors such as age, prior weight gain and loss, whether there are stretch marks on your skin or not, etc. It appears your flanks have some redundant fat and skin which could be liposuctioned so that if the skin does not achieve an improved contour, in 3 to 4 years when you want to do your tummy tuck that skin can be removed at that time. You should have a detailed discussion with your plastic surgeon about all your option

Thank you for posting your question here!My answer will be based on the pictures and information provided, for a more detailed and personalized plan I would recommend consulting with a plastic surgeon in person.
From your pictures and for the specific areas you mentioned liposuction would likely give you a great result , it will take care of the love handles and will give you a better silhouette. That being said , when it comes to timing , it will depend on you , you can definitely take care of it now with your revision surgery or have it done during your tummy tuck , you should't have an issue .I hope this helps, best of luck!

If you want improvement on your flanks, doing liposuction at the same time as your breast lift may be rewarding. To debulk some patty tissue will improve the contour that you are disliking on your flanks. Have your surgeon assess when your fat is located to see if an anterior or posterior approach would be best.