Can You Lift the Tummy Instead of Doing a Tuck?

March 26, 2013
Asked By:Fiona2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I'm 47 and very fit but have a bit of a pooch below my navel. I don't want a tummy tuck. I had two babies but my stomach went back to being flat. Just the past couple of years I've been getting a little bulge – I feel like it's being caused by gravity and fair, thin skin. If I pull up my skin from below my breasts my stomach is flat. Meanwhile, I would also like to have breast augmentation done. I keep thinking, couldn't the surgeon just pull up the skin when I get the BA? Is this possible?

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October 16, 2014

Answer: Reverse Tummy Tuck

Robert F. Centeno, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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October 16, 2014

Answer: Reverse Tummy Tuck

Robert F. Centeno, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
March 29, 2013

Answer: Reverse tummy tuck is only indicated in patients with extraordinary amount of redundant skin after massive weight loss.

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MDBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
March 29, 2013

Answer: Reverse tummy tuck is only indicated in patients with extraordinary amount of redundant skin after massive weight loss.

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MDBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
March 29, 2013

Answer: Reverse tummy tuck

Rodger Shortt, FRCSCCertified Plastic Surgeon
March 29, 2013

Answer: Reverse tummy tuck

Rodger Shortt, FRCSCCertified Plastic Surgeon

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March 27, 2013

Answer: Tummy tuck with Breast Augmentation

Scott Farber, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
March 27, 2013

Answer: Tummy tuck with Breast Augmentation

Scott Farber, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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