Can I get a tummy tuck, bbl & breast reduction all in one shot?

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Young R. Cho, MD, PhD · Answer

Thank your for your question.  A tummy tuck can address the skin and 
muscle laxity of the abdominal region as well as reducing the excess 
fatty tissue.  A brazilian butt lift helps to shape the buttock by 
borrowing fat from one part (or several) and transferring this fat to 
another.  They are both extremely rewarding procedures.  The best 
approach for a patient who wants to have both procedures is to stage 
them and possibly start with the BBL.  Here is why:1) A brazilian 
butt lift is transferring fat from one area to the buttock.  One common 
donor area is the tummy.  Once the fat is transferred, you need to keep 
pressure off the buttock as this allows new blood supply to develop to 
the newly grafted fat cells.  Any stress such as pressure can reduce the
 efficacy of this process and hence you may lose some fat.  Hence, no 
sitting or laying on your bottom for ~2 weeks.2)  A tummy tuck is 
removing excess skin and tightening the muscle as well as remove extra 
fat.  To make the skin removal efficient and protect the incision, you 
surgeon will often remove skin while your hips are flexed.  You will 
need to maintain this position after surgery for about a week.  This 
will required you to sleep in a recliner position for a good week. In 
addition, l often combine liposuction of the abdomen and flanks as part 
of this procedure and once this fat is removed, it cannot be stored for 
the brazilian buttock lift in the future.Since the recovery process 
for these two popular procedures compete, I would recommend staging 
them.  If you are surgeon is needing as much donor areas to recruit as 
much fat as possible, then I would start with the brazilian buttock lift
 so you can use the abdominal and flank regions as donor areas. I would also recommend that you do your breast reduction with your tummy tuck if your surgeon feels it is safe to both at the same time as the recovery of these two procedures are more aligned.

Michael S. Beckenstein, MD · Answer

that is a lot of surgery on the body! Recovery is challenging as positioning after abdominal and buttock surgery can be contradictory.More important is the time of the entire procedure. I humbly disagree with statements made by others here, it is clearly demonstrated that complications increase after the 6 hour threshold is reached! Such combinations certainly exceed this and you are at risk of such complications.It is definitely safer to stage these: reduction/abdomen first, makes more sense.

Matthew Schulman, MD · Answer

I agree with my colleagues that this is just too much surgery for one operation. You want to get good results and have it done safely. Even though most of us can do all of this surgery in a reasonable time, even the best of us can get fatigued and it is best to split it up into 2 surgeries.

Jonathan Fisher, MD · Answer

Hello i do not recommend all the procedure done all at one time my suggestion would be start with a the BBL fist to give you that hour glass shape and Then you can have your Breast Augmentation and TT at the same time. Best wishes

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

That is probably too much even if the surgeon is a master of all three.  I could perform all of those procedures in 6 hours, but I would not feel comfortable recommending all of those at one time.  I perform about 500  Brazilian buttlifts each year, and this   
procedure is the most surgeon dependent plastic surgery procedure.  Find
 a  plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of   
Brazilian buttlifts 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

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