Can a tummy tuck lift my outer thighs and front thigh?

A traditional tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty is a surgery that removes excess skin and fat of the abdomen while also repairing weakened abdominal muscles to create an internal corset. While the focus of tummy tuck is the abdomen, you may be a good candidate for a procedure that I have created called the Halo Lift. The Halo Lift is a single procedure that can produce dramatic results in multiple areas of the body. Sometimes, addressing excess fat with liposuction or loose skin with a tummy tuck only corrects part of the problem. The Halo Lift is a comprehensive procedure that targets multiple lower body issues, providing convenient care and minimizing the time you ultimately need to devote to recovery. The Halo Lift sculpts the entire lower body, providing an overall rejuvenated appearance and lifted silhouette including the anterior and lateral thigh, as well as a buttock lift. A consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon experienced in body contouring can help determine the appropriate procedure for you. Good luck!

A traditional tummy tuck will flatten belly, remove hanging skin and contour the waist. It usually has little effect on the thighs.An extended tummy tuck/lower body lift can help the thighs to a degree in properly selected patients. This entails a larger scar and lift.An exam and consultation with a plastic surgeon who performs these procedures is recommended to confirm you are a candidate as well as discuss your options and expectations.

Thank you for your question! A tummy tuck will not effect the thighs at all, only the skin to the abdomen and front of the hips. If you are wanting to address the excess skin to the thighs, a longitudinal thigh lift would be the procedure to look into. I recommend consulting with a board certified plastic surgeon, who can assess you in person, and create a personalized plan for you. Best of luck!

Almost always the skin in front of your thighs will be tightened. You could only expect tightening of your outer thighs skin if you're scar was much longer and you had previously discussed this with your plastic surgeon.

The pubic area is lifted, and the skin of the anterior thigh is minimally lifted.  You need to seek out an expert in tummy tucks, extended tummy tucks, body lifts, thigh lifts, and pubic lifts as there are so many variations. These variations need to be tailored to your goals and anatomy. 

There may be some tightening of the skin in the front of the things with a tummy tuck, but far less than what you might think. When you pull up on the abdominal skin I know it seems to tighten the front of the thighs. I reality the surgery doesn’t duplicate that effect.

Thank you for your question. As it turns out, a tummy tuck will not do anything to lift your thighs. You would need a thigh lift. Be sure to see a board certified plastic surgeon. 

Hello and thank you for sharing your question. A traditional TT will do little or nothing to improve the thighs. I prefer the low scar tt technique. This scar is closer to the vaginal area and the thighs, tightening all adjacent skin, not just the tummy. With the Low Scar TT Technique we can produce a Mons Lift as well as considerable improvement on the skin tightness of the anterior thighs. Extending this tt might help with the lateral thighs as well but to less affect. If you want and need a thigh lift, I recommend waiting until after the tummy tuck. Having them done together will create pulling vectors in opposite directions. Too much tension in opposite directions increases the risk of wound dehiscence. This in turn, limits how aggressive a surgeon can be with skin excision when combining a TT with a Thigh Lift.I recommend 2 rounds of surgery. As much skin as possible is taken out with the tummy tuck in round 1. Then, once healed and and all skin above the thighs is tight, we can proceed with the thigh lift. I feel there is no point in pulling up on the thighs if the skin above it is lose. Best of luck,Dr. Miguel Mota

a traditional tummy tuck only produces a temporary improvement to anterior thighs . For some improvement to the lateral thighs , a body lift procedure is more effective 

The amount of improvement on the anterior upper thigh with a traditional tummy tuck will be subtle. There is some tension placed on the upper thigh skin with the closure of the tummy tuck incision, but once the surgery is healed, most of the tension is gone and there is not much residual effect on the thigh. The lateral thigh can be addressed with a tummy tuck if the scar is extended laterally and the adhesion points of the lateral thigh are elevated. The amount of improvement in the lateral thigh all depends on how much skin above the thigh is removed with the procedure and how the incision is closed. For patients that have had massive weight loss, there can sometimes be a very noticeable improvement in the lateral thigh when a significant amount of skin is removed from the hip.