Is There a Danger of Blood Loss for a Tummy Tuck, I Am 75?

Thank you for your question!  Consult with your plastic surgeon to make sure there are no critical conditions.  Follow all of your doctors post care!  Best of luck!Dr Dhaval Patel

Double Board Certified

Plastic Surgeon

Chicago

Hoffman Estates

Oak Brook

Any of our procedures have a risk of blood loss. However, in 15 years of being involved with tens of thousands of cases I have NEVER transfused any one and have never had an issue where I felt that blood loss has been critical or a danger to the well being of the patient. So, to answer your question honestly, the risk is there, but it is astronomically low. The true risks of abdominoplasty are wound separation, pulmonary embolism, seroma formation and poor scarring.

With any operation there is the possibility of blood loss. The likelihood of significant blood loss after an abdominoplasty is very small and would occur only if there were the postoperative complication of hematoma.

If attention to detail is performed by your surgeon the blood loss is less then 3-4 ounces. There is a risk of post surgery bleeding for all operations and in this case it tends to happen  in one or two people every hundred operations. Good luck.

Tummy tucks are not usually procedures that are associated with any significant blood loss. So the issue of potentially needing a blood transfusion after your procedure is virtually zero.