Circular tummy tuck and lower body lift the same thing? What does it consist of?

Thank you for your question. A consultation would help determine which of the following procedures is the right one for you:1)
Traditional tummy tuck: Reduces a great amount of skin laxity,
tightens the abdominal wall muscles and keeps the incision hidden in the
underwear line.2) An extended tummy tuck: Same as a tummy tuck, but helps to reduce more skin laxity around the flanks.3)
A corset tummy tuck: Adds a vertical scar and breast fold scar, but
reduces a significant amount of vertical skin laxity in addition to the
horizontal skin laxity and creates the most hour-glass type figure.
Downside is more visible scar4) A belt lipectomy (or lower body
lift or circular tummy tuck) helps lift the outer thighs and buttock in addition to the
benefits of an extended tummy tuck.Options
3 and 4 usually have a significant amount of skin laxity that is being
addressed. Liposuction is usually added to all of the procedures to help
improve the results. I would recommend visiting with a board certified
plastic
surgeon who can spend time with you to explain the different options in
more detail.

Unfortunately there is no standard definition or wording that all plastic surgeons go by to refer to procedures but only general terms.  It would seem that a "circular tummy tuck" would infer that you would be getting skin and fat removed circumferentially around your body, which would be essentially the same as a lower body lift.  However, even within a lower body lift, also sometimes known as a belt lipectomy due to its location in the belt-line, can vary in terms of the actual procedure from surgeon to surgeon. Make sure to consult with a plastic surgeon who has experience in these types of procedures and best of luck!

I have not heard the term circular tummy tuck. Belt lipectomy or lower body lift refer to removal of excess skin and fat from the tummy, hips, back area by using an incision that travels all the way around the body.

These terms do not seem to have a uniformly accepted set of definitions, so you would have to ask the individual surgeon to explain the procedure he or she is proposing. For many surgeons, these terms, as well as "belt lipectomy" and some others refer to removal of excess tissue from the abdomen, back and/or buttocks and outer thighs when they use these expressions. The incision would go all around the torso, as does a belt.All the best. 

A Circular tummy tuck and lower body lift can be very similar. It involves a incision completely around the body front and back. Exccess skin and fat is removed and the body skin is lifted and tightened.

Hello and thank you for your question. Interesting and good question as not only do lay people but plastic surgeons themselves don't know the differences of which there are. They are often times used synonymously which they are not. Those surgeons who use them synonymous ly I believe don't understand their differences.  I have described them in my website.A circular or circumferential or 360 tummy tuck like the other 2 and as said goes all the way around the trunk. The incision is placed in a similar position to that of a lower body lift, both of which are much lower than the belt lipectomy. It gives a full tummy tuck allowing the surgeon to remove loose excess tissue from the hips and buttocks. The lower body lift is very similar but is performed in a much more aggressive manor, being used just about mainly for post massive weight loss patients. In most plastic surgeon's hands it allows them to perform an aggressive tummy tuck and mons lift as well as a strong lateral thigh lift and buttock lift. In a smaller proportion of surgeons an auto augmentation of the buttocks will also be performed and in my hands only an auto augmentation of the hips is done to prevent a boxy post op look and actually create more of an hour glass type look.Having described these as such please don't  expect your ps to think of them as such,aas these have not yet been really described as such in the plastic surgery literature.Peter Fisher M.D.