Mini or full tummy tuck? (Photo)

Thank you for sharing your question and photographs. Based on the pictures demonstrating skin and muscle laxity above and below the muscle, you would best be served with a full tummy tuck procedure.  This will afford you the results results.  Hope this helps.

A minitummy tuck involves removal of a small amount of skin and fat below the belly button that addresses only the lower portion of the abdomen.  No plication or muscle tightening is performed and belly button remains attached and unchanged.  This procedure applies to very few patients and is appropriate only for patients who have loose skin at the inferior aspect, or bottom, of the abdomen.  If patients have loose skin above the belly button or a muscle laxity, a full tummy tuck would be more appropriate.Kenneth Hughes, ABPS Board Certified Plastic SurgeonLos Angeles, CA