Would I be recommended for a full or mini tummy tuck? (Photo)

Thank you for your question.

As others have answered here, a mini tuck
primarily address skin laxity and sometimes abdominal laxity below the belly
button. It doesn't do much for looseness or muscle laxity above the
bellybutton. A full tummy tuck handles this area better.

There are other variations that are less
well-known depending upon your goals and time for recovery.

For example a full tummy tuck can be done
without muscle repair for the appropriate patient.

A full muscle tightening can be done with a mini
tummy tuck skin excision or sometimes with no skin excision.

There are more extensive kinds of
abdominoplasty that remove even more skin in patients with massive weight loss
and severe laxity

The best way to approach this would be to learn
which option would best fulfill your needs.

A board-certified plastic surgeon can help go
over the options with you and address your goals.

Hi. You are likely to get a better result from a full tummy tuck - you have some muscular laxity in the central part of your tummy, which will not be improved with a mini tummy tuck. The mini tummy only removes a few inches of fat at the bottom of your tummy, and will not give you a significant improvement around the belly button, if that is your main area of concern.

It is difficult to say for sure which procedure would benefit you most just by viewing these photos.  A mini tummy tuck works well for a select group of patients who have loose skin concerns isolated to the area below the umbilicus.  A full tummy tuck would be recommended if you need your muscle layer tightened and if the loose skin is above and below the umbilicus.Consult a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who has a great deal of experience with tummy tucks and ask to see as many photos of his work as possible.  Chose a surgeon who is experienced and with whom you feel comfortable.

It appears that you have a long upper waist and will have enough skin for a full abdominoplasty. A mini does not do as much as you think. I think you should look at the doctors before and afters to see what results you can anticipate. Good Luck!

   I think you probably need some muscle plication and skin removal.  You have some umbilical distortion and wrinkling.  A physical exam would help determine if the minitummy tuck with plication or a short scar tummy tuck would be more appropriate.  Try to research this to find the surgeon who consistently produces the
results you would expect. Look at reviews on this site and see who gets the surgery right every time. Find
a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of tummy tucks, minitummy tucks, and body contouring 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, MDLos Angeles, CA

I think that you'll do better with a full tuck so that your umbilical position doesn't get dragged too low. Your thin so you should get a nice result. 

A mini-tt addresses the skin below your belly button and it appears from your photos that is where you have most of your laxity.  Which procedure you will get the most benefit from will depend on what your expectations are.  Go see a board certified plastic surgeon for an exam, to go over your concerns and most importantly your expectations and see what your options are and go from there.  ac

I think you actually are one of the few people who might be appropriate for a mini abdominoplasty approach. I'm not sure why some colleague are trying to distinguish the muscle tightening on that procedure from a "full" abdominoplasty, but we would normally plicate (sew) the muscle the same whichever approach we did as it is accessible all the way to the sternum.

As mentioned, a consultation is needed but I would be wary of those pushing a full tummy tuck as the only option.  A mini-tuck or extended mini-tuck would work well and your belly button can be floated down an inch so it still looks like what you had (or even better).  But a consultation is required so find a local plastic surgeon and find out your options.

Thank you for the pictures.I believe that you'll make a good candidate for a mini tummy tuck, skin laxity is present in the lower part of the abdomen.Dr. Campos