Would it be possible to remove the loose skin with just a mini tummy tuck? (Photos)

A mini tummy tuck only targets the area below your belly button. If there is any loose skin or excess fat above the belly button, then a full tummy tuck would be more suitable.

A mini tummy tuck always sounds great but in my experience only applies to a very select few.

A standard tummy tuck will give far better results to your entire belly - remove all loose skin above belly button, tighten muscle fully and will only add a belly button scar.

Mini only addresses below the belly button, has same lower scar but does not improve upper abdomen and can distort it.

An exam and consultation with a plastic surgeon is recommended to further discuss your best options and expectations.

You have pretty extensive amounts of loose skin in both the upper and lower abdomen, so ideally you would have a full abdominoplasty. However, if you can be accepting of the more limited result of what I call an “extended mini-abdominoplasty”, in which some of the skin is removed below the belly button, the belly button is not scarred, and the muscles are not tightened, then you could do that. You have to be very honest with yourself up front that you will not be upset later if you still have loose skin above the belly button, because that is not the goal in a mini abdominoplasty. I would do a small amount of liposuction in the lower abdominal area and out to the sides to improve the overall result as well. But, yes, you could have a nice result with an extended mini abdominoplasty.

While there is no question you’d have a better result with a full tummy tuck, which would allow for a much more complete skin removal and repair of separated muscles, if you really wanted to avoid the belly button incision you could potentially have a mini abdominoplasty with skin tightening to the upper abdomen with something like renuvion. I’d suggest having a consultation with a local plastic surgeon to be examined and get a better sense of what your options are.