Should I have a neck lift prior to getting pregnant?

I am not going to comment on how much you can gain during pregnancy, but if you are planning to get pregnant this soon after surgery it is better to post pone your surgery for after pregnancy.

Your best option is to wait until after the pregnancy when your weight has stabilized.  The result can be compromised by weight gain and loss with recurrent looseness of the skin.  

Waiting seems to be reasonable given the timing.Find a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of
facelifts, necklifts, and facial procedures each
year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo
galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results. Kenneth
Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Although the amount of weight gained during pregnancy can vary, it is highly unlikely that any weight gain due to pregnancy will cause a significant change in your neck- lift result. Typically, following liposuction and a neck lift, there is very little fat left in the neck, so weight gain in this area is less likely, regardless of the reason. Good luck with the surgery and your pregnancy. 

You cannot predict your weight gain with pregnancy and limiting yourself to 25 pounds may not be the best for your baby (or babies). At 38, pregnancy should probably take precedence over neck surgery. 

You should be fine with lipo/neck lift before pregnancy but may want to consider waiting until after you are done with children for your best long term result due to weight fluctuations that naturally occur.  It really just depends on how much it bothers you.

 It is  acceptable to have a neck lift either prior to, or after your pregnancy. The pregnancy itself will not have any effect on the results of the procedure, as long as you come  back down to your original weight before you were pregnant. A neck lift procedure involves removal of fat above and below the platysma muscle  in addition to a platysma plasty to improve the jawline.  No skin removal is necessary.  For many before and after neck lift examples, please see the link below to our neck lift photo gallery

If you want to put yourself in the position for optimal results with the least amount of stress I would wait until the pregnancy is over. It's very difficult to predict how the body will respond to pregnancy. Chances are, doing the procedure before you get pregnant will not have a long term effect on your results. This is difficult to guarantee and, if the results don't last as long as you would have liked you may regret not waiting. Good luck to your future plans!

I would recommend waiting until after your pregnancy to pursue either liposuction or liposuction with a necklift. You cannot predict how much pregnancy weight gain you will have. More likely than not, pregnancy will not interfere with the result of your neck procedure but you would be best off to wait until after the pregnancy when you've reached a stable weight and then consider moving forward with a procedure. You only want to do this once in your 30s. I hope this information is helpful.Stephen Weber MD, FACSDenver Facial Plastic Surgeon

Its fine to go ahead.Of course you can be sure how much weight you gain with pregnancy.  It's about controlling your diet just like when you are not pregnant. (It is not inevitable that you have to look sloopy during a pregnancy).Why not make up your mind to look really great all through your pregnancy with your neck and all of the rest of you!  Enjoy....both your new look and your pregnancy!