How Long Does the Tummy Tuck Surgery Take?

 

The duration of tummy tuck surgery depends on the complexity of the patient’s case and the technique used by the surgeon. For most of my patients, I am often able to perform a tummy tuck in approximately one and a half to two hours. It is important to discuss the credentials and experience of your surgeon before going forward with surgery.

 

Abdominoplasty surgery takes about 2 1/4 hours, depending on the size of the patient and the scope of the procedure.

I usually carry this out as a daycare operation. Patients usually spend 6 hours or so in the clinic, taking into account prep time and time spent in the recovery room.

Tummy tuck can be combined with other operations such as breast augmentation, in which case the surgery takes about an hour longer.

Patients can usually be discharged the same day as long as they are healthy and the length of surgery does not exceed 5 hours.

On average a tummy tuck procedure will take between 3-4 hours, it will depend on the patient and complexity of the surgery.