Tummy tuck and BBL: What is your required BMI for a tummy tuck and BBL?

There is no absolute BMI for surgery. The best candidates have reached a stable weight preferably with a BMI < 30. This will confer the lowest post surgical risk profile.As always, discuss your concerns with a board certified plastic surgeon (ABPS).

Losing a bit of weight can reduce the risk for complications with surgery and improve results, but BMI is just one measure of your fitness for surgery.Kenneth Hughes, MD, Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA

Hello ladybugbug86,

It’s a pleasure to answer your questions! Plastic surgeon have different pre-operative requirements. Typically, for procedures that involve longer incisions, such as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) and breast reduction surgery, it is ideal to achieve a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 30 to minimize your risks for complications, such as wound dehiscence and infection. There’s no BMI restrictions for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). However, the lower BMI patients would need to gain weight, and the higher the BMI, the greater the risks. Likewise, increased operative time is associated with higher risk of complications. Therefore, I would recommend you getting an abdominoplasty first, and a BBL surgery three months after fully recovering from the initial procedure. Based on my experienced, after performing BBL you must avoid sitting or sleeping on your back for 6-8 weeks or else the desired outcome will be negatively affected. Putting pressure on your bottom by sitting down or laying on it during the recovery period can stiffen, deform and even cause the transplanted fat cells to reabsorb. On the other hand, if you get a tummy tuck procedure done at the same time, you’ll be required to sleep on your back and keep your upper body elevated or else you would hurt the results. Hence, it wouldn’t be suitable to get all the procedures performed at once. Your plastic surgeon would need to evaluate you in person in order to assess your candidacy for these procedures based on your age, skin laxity, Body Mass Index, and health status, among other factors. Kind regards! Dr. De La Cruz.

For elective plastic surgery it is recommended that a patient have a BMI of 30 or less. Those above this threshold have a higher risk of complications such as poor wound healing, seroma, and infection. Lowering the BMI also allows your surgeon to maximize your results. Many factors are considered to determine if a person is a good candidate and only one of them is BMI. The best place to begin is a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon near you.

Safety during tummy tuck and BBL is very important and the risk of complications tends to be higher as the BMI increases. Ideally, we would want you to have a BMI of 29.5 or lower.

The recommended BMI is less than 30. This is the recommendation of the American society of plastic surgery. The reason simply, is increased chance of complications. These include but limited to, pulmonary embolus, deep venous thrombosis, delayed wound healing and increase infection rate.Choose a board certified plastic surgeon who has done a ton of Tummy Tuck and has privileges to do this surgery at a local university hospital. This says his credentials have been checked out by fellow Drs. All surgeries carry risk, talk to your plastic surgeon

hellothe BMI range is up to 30 and it is important to have a stable weight in order to have any surgical process. 
I recommend you maintain your weight in a healthy range and then consider the surgery, you will achieve amazing results.

 I suggest to book a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss the best options for your goals. 
Good luck :)

So many issues are presented in this posting....1. Most safe office surgery BMI is under 30, but each surgeon has their own requirements. Plus the max amount of liposuction in office surgery in Florida by rule is 4 liters about 7 pounds. 2. In Florida CAN NOT combine lipo/B B L if over 1 liter lipo with a full TT!... 3. Always best to consider only private practice boarded PSs NOT clinic surgeons whom are just independent contractors for these businesses "clinics"...