Is there a BMI limit for every procedure?

 Congratulations on your successful weight thus far.  Specific calculations, including BMI,  are not always helpful when it comes to determining a specific patient's suitability to proceed with surgery.
Having said that, it is always best (or ideal) to achieve long-term stable weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. Doing so, will increase the safety of the operation, will likely improve the outcome of the operation, and will decrease chances that additional surgery will become necessary subsequently. 
In my practice, I do not ask specific patients to achieve a specific weight prior to proceeding with tummy tuck surgery. I simply ask patients to achieve a long-term stable weight where he/she feels comfortable and does not expect significant fluctuation postoperatively.
 Generally speaking, the “ideal” patient for tummy tuck surgery is one who has completed pregnancies, is psycho socially/emotionally/financially stable, has an excellent social support system surrounding him/her, is capable of arranging enough recovery time, does not smoke and who has reached a long-term stable weight.
 My best advice: select your plastic surgeon carefully. Make sure that he/she has significant experience achieving the types of outcomes you would be pleased with.   Then prepare yourself and your support system for a  significant recovery experience (physical and often emotional).
 
 Best wishes.

Hello Workingonme17.I appreciate your question. The lower the BMI, the better it is. However, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommends a BMI lower than 30. This is based on data collected on 130,000 patients which demonstrated a BMI above 30 doubled the risks of infection and wound healing problems along incisions. Realistically speaking, not everyone can get below 30 even with significant weight loss. I prefer to recommend patients who are above 30 to get in to a medically supervised weight loss program, achieve their goal, and maintain that weight for at least 3 months.I perform surgery on patients with a BMI above 30 and discuss some risks may be higher for them. Best wishes, Dr. ALDO :)