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

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.

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.