Can a type 2 diabetic get a tummy tuck?

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Christopher J. Davidson, MD, FACS · Answer

Yes a type 2 diabetic can get a tummy tuck but it is really important that there patient's blood sugars are in good control and that the surgeon is less aggressive with the "pulling..."

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

The diabetes must be well controlled, and the patient must not have significant preexisting end organ damage.Find a plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds  
of tummy tuck 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, MD Los Angeles, CA

Pablo Prichard, MD · Answer

Thank you for your post. Diabetes is a disease that should demand a healthy respect from both surgeon and patient in plastic surgery. It is a disease that affects the immune system and can increase the risk of infection, a disease that affects the healing potential of a wound and can cause opening of a wound, and is a disease of the circulation that can lower the blood flow to the operated tissue and cause necrosis or tissue death. This needs to be managed as follows:1. Tight blood glucose control with diet, exercise, and medication. You need to see your internal medicine doctor regularly and make sure your diabetes is well controlled. 2. If you are overweight, then losing weight decreases your risk in tummy tuck surgery or any other surgery for that matter.3. If you have high blood pressure, this needs to be managed and well controlled by your internal medicine doctor as well.4. ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING!5. Consider with your surgeon HyperBaric Oxygen therapy pre- and post-op.6. Make sure you understand from your surgeon and anesthisiologist what medications you should take or not take prior to surgery.It is very possible to have a great outcome as a diabetic following tummy tuck surgery, but minimizing the risk is the most rational way of accomplishing this.Best Wishes, Pablo Prichard, MD

Louis C. Cutolo, Jr., MD, FACS · Answer

Excellent question. As long as your blood sugar is
controlled, you should have no problem undergoing a tummy tuck. You are at a
higher risk for infection and skin loss, so you and your physician should take
these factors into consideration. Also,
you should not be a smoker and should not be obese. If you are in control of
your blood sugar and otherwise healthy, you should have no problem undergoing
the procedure. Good luck!

Robert L. Kraft, MD, FACS · Answer

Type 2 diabetes is not a bar to plastic surgery. However, your diabetes must be under control.   Risks will be higher and patient compliance is crucial.

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