125 lbs and 5'4" - How to fix my stomach? (photo)

Hello and thank you for your question.
It is very difficult to give specific recommendations without a physical examination. It's important to assess your skin quality, pinch thickness and the presence or absence of rectus diastasis. However, assuming you haven't had children and based on your photographs, you would likely be a good candidate for liposuction. I would also consider a skin tightening device like Renuvion to minimize the risk of redundant skin. Good luck. I hope this helps.

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Dear juliaguy,

it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. Based on your photos, it looks like you would benefit from liposuction. 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

Hi! As a general recommendation i highly recommend against any cool sculpting as it can cause something called Paradoxical fatty cell hyperplasia. It is possible you have some of this from your prior cool sculpting. To improve contours give you a feminine athletic contour i would use VASER liposuction to smooth out the scaring caused by cool sculpting. When you seek out a consult make sure this is something the surgeon manages regularly (maybe 1-2x/month) This is a complex liposuction case that really requires patience, experience and time to correct.

At 5'4 and 125 lbs., your BMI is approximately 25, which is a normal range. You may want to consider liposuction.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Ultrasonic cavitation, cool sculpting and any other non surgical treatments are very limited in what the can really offer patients. You’ve abvopusly tried these techniques and are now aware they doing really world that well. Your only options now are either losing weight or liposuction. Both are great options for you. Stop waisting money on treatments that promis e more then what they actually deliver .

Best of luck,
Dr. Mota

Power assisted liposuction should reduce fullness with minimal scars and give you a nicer contour. It can be done under IV sedation in an office setting.

Providing that you want to see a real change in your abdomen, you should consider a liposuction. Consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon with good reputation in liposculpting should be your next step. Good luck.

Lipo is your best and almost only option for that great looking tummy. Be sure to get it done under local so the doc can stand you up during the procedure to fine tune it. Bodytite/quantum and Morpheus is also something that should always be done with ALL lipos for best results. You would look so amazing.

Thank you for your pictures and questions. It seems like you have asked this question a couple times and had a fairly decent number of responses. The problem with non-surgical options (Ultrasound, CoolSculpting, etc.) is that those options are only able to treat the superficial subcutaneous fat, and often this is not the real problem. In a surgical option such a liposuction, you are addressing the deep fat, which is why you are able to sculpt things much more dramatically with surgery. In addition, sometimes CoolSculpting can produce the opposite outcome and cause something called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), where the area treated actually gets fatter! If you want real results, you have to be willing to do a real procedure. From the photos, your skin quality looks good and you would likely have excellent results with a liposuction procedure. In my practice I usually use the SAFE liposuction technique with PAL. You may also benefit from some skin tightening as well but you would need an in-person consultation with a plastic surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to determine best options for you. Hope this helps!
Dallas Buchanan, MD
VIVIFY plastic surgery
Tampa, FL