Can I Have Liposuction and Tummy Tuck While on Coumadin?

Your only chance of having a successful procedure would be to change from from Coumadin to lovenox, low molecular weight heparin. You would need the watchful guidance of a hematologist for this maneuver, and your risk of bleeding would be high. You would most likely need to limit the scope of your surgery considerably.
No sense dying to look good!

Thank you for your question. As you know Coumadin thins the blood and increases your chance of bleeding during any elective surgery. Therefore you cannot have a tummy Tuck and liposuction while on Coumadin. Although Coumadin can be discontinued in cases of emergency surgery, with your history of pulmonary embolism I would be very reluctant to do an elective Tummy Tuck.

As others have said, no, you cannot have a tummy tuck while on coumadin.

More importantly though, is if you can have elective surgery with your history of pulmonary embolisms.  In short, no, I would not recommend that you undergo elective cosmetic surgery with a history of pulmonary embolisms.  Even if you were converted from coumadin to a shorter acting blood thinner like lovenox, it seems the risks are too great for someone with your history.

Furthermore, I recommend that you be evaluated by a hematologist/oncologist (if you have not already) to determine why you have already had two pulmonary embolisms at the age of 28.

Best of luck.

Jaime Perez, M.D.

Tummy Tuck Specialist in Tampa, FL

Plastic Surgery Center of Tampa, FL