I Have Decided to Get Tummy Tuck; but I Was Told That I Have Visceral Fat? (photo)

You should expect significant improvement after your tummy tuck, especially if liposuction is performed at same time to give you better contour. The amount of visceral fat and integrity of your abdominal muscles will also affect your final result. To reduce visceral fat, you have to continue diet and exercise. I recommend patients start diet and exercises even before their tummy tuck surgery and continue once they recovered from surgery. This allows them to maintain the surgical result over time.

Best Wishes,

Stewart Wang, MD FACS, Wang Plastic Surgery

Yes, you have visceral fat.  Everyone does.  And the only way to reduce this fat is through weight loss.  However, you also have excess subcutaneous fat and skin laxity.  You are a candidate for a tummy tuck.  I would highly recommend liposuction of your abdomen and flanks at the same time.  If you don't, you'll look squared of in the hips and will have a persistent bulge in your upper tummy area.  But this has to be done carefully by an experienced plastic surgeon so as not to raise the risk of complications.  Looks like an old scar of your upper abdomen, which can sometimes lead to skin loss just below the scar after a tummy tuck.  The best option is the surgery and also some weight loss afterward to ge the best possible result.  The muscle tightening done at the time of the tummy tuck is helpful too.  I've attached a linke to my website in case you wish to read more.