Will I regret a mini tummy tuck (3/4 the scar...half the result) or should I wait and do the full tuck? (Photo)

December 21, 2018
Asked By:HourglassElle2015 in Florida, FL

I am active outside and I dance. In a bikini every day. I must have a very low scar that absolutely will not show. Initially he said with a full tuck w/o plication, to get scar low enough, I might have a small vertical scar as well and I was averse to that. Now he's recommending a mini (still no plication). However the dotted line is the proposed mini tuck scar...I'm thinking wow that's still big and I'll still have loose skin bugging me above Bb. Enough benefit from mini or do full? Thank U!

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