Will the outcome of the hysterectomy affect my tummy tuck results from four years ago? (Photos)

This is a good question, and in short, a hysterectomy done for medical reasons will not adversely affect your tummy tuck results. Placement of the trocar sites (where the laprascopic instruments are placed) is important as they will leave visible scars on your abdomen. That is not a big deal, but if you do not want to have incisions in visible areas of your nice Tummy, you may want to consider a traditional hysterectomy as an open approach through the middle portion of the long incision that you already have. My wife is a gynecologist and we had hers done this way. There were no extra scars after the hysterectomy surgery and she healed up so well that you can’t even tell anything was done. Just a thought. Good luck.  

Although there will be access points needed to perform the mechanically assisted hysterectomy that will leave very small scars, other than that there will be no effect on the results of the abdominoplasty.

Laparoscopic surgery four years after tummy tuck probably poses little impediment to performing the surgery.  Your laparoscopic surgeon should be able to reassure you that the hysterectomy should not ruin the tummy tuck results.Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA