Looking to get AirSculpt on tummy and transfer that fat to my breasts. Is AirSculpt or lipo best suited for a mommy makeover?

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My current weight is 175 but my goal weight is 145. I am currently losing 1 pound a week on my diet and exercise. If I’m planning to do a fat transfer from my abdomen to my breasts, what’s the ideal body weight I should be at? Wondering if I should be 5-10 pounds from my ideal body weight to have procedure done. I’m 5’5 if that is useful. I’ve also just had a baby about 7 months ago. I’m wondering if the airscuplt will also help tighten my abdomen area or am I better candidate for tummy tuck

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

I recommend patients not try to make the round assessment or make their own medical decisions.
The choice of procedure should be based on having a clear understanding of what the underlying problem is. In other words, the first step is to make an accurate diagnosis and based on that you choose the correct procedure. There are four variables to determine what someone’s abdomen looks like. Each of these variables has a different treatment so understanding the variables is the key to understanding the best procedure. Pregnancies create to physiological changes in some women. They are muscle, separation, and skin laxity. Pregnancies do not change fat distribution. 
The four variables to determine what the abdomen looks like our abdominal skin laxity typically due to previous pregnancies or weight loss, excess subcutaneous fat, muscle separation from previous pregnancies and excess visceral or intra-abdominal fat.
A tummy tuck primarily treats, abdominal skill, laxity, and muscle separation, which are pregnancy related changes. Liposuction only removes subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat can only be reduced through weight loss.
Without including pictures, we cannot begin to make an assessment.
A tummy tuck is not an appropriate procedure if you’re planning on having more children.
I recommend having multiple in person, consultations with local board-certified plastic surgeons in your community to get an accurate assessment and better understanding of treatment options. For most patients I recommend starting by having at least five in person consultations. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before, and after pictures of the previous patients, who have similar body characteristics to your own for whatever procedure you Are interested in or is recommended for you. For reference, an experience plastic surgeon should have no difficulty showing you at least 50 sets of before and after pictures of the previous patients.
I recommend to patients avoid virtual consultations whenever possible, and I highly recommend against traveling long distances for elective surgical procedures. The best way to find the best provider is to have multiple consultations and compare results. Take notes during each consultations paying very close attention to both quantity and quality of before and after pictures.
If you’ve not had a single consultation yet, then I recommend you slow down the train and consult with at least a handful of plastic surgeons before making any decisions regarding permanent and irreversible operations.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD

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