8 Weeks Post-op from a Tummy Tuck - How Will Weight Gain / Loss Affect Results?

You may have water retention, but be sure to eat a low calorie density food variety.  Solid protein intake, 60-75 grams a day, 50% of your calories from complex carbs, 30-35% of your calories from high quality fat like almonds, walnuts, avocado, sunflower seeds.  We usually have patients lose weight during the recovery period, but there are exceptions.  Avoid cheese, fast food fat, and other food sources of high fat, low protein content.

On some individuals 15 pounds could make a difference and on others it will make no difference. It all depends upon your existing skin elasticity. Fortunately the fist 10 pounds is usually intra-abdominal or visceral fat and should help to make your abdomen even flatter.

After a tummy tuck, it is very common to have transient weight gain. This should start to go away soon.  This is mostly due to soft tissue swelling and fluid retention. A small amount of weight loss after a tummy tuck does not have a major impact on the skin tightening and in fact may help the result.

Excessive gain or loss can affect any result.  But small changes should not affect it that much.  You may still have some edema in the area and this may take up to 6 months to totally resolve.   Donald R. Nunn MD  Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.

In general, a 10% or less of weight loss is not a problem. I would believe without seeing you that your description would indicate losing weight a benefit to you. The combination of a active person, weight loss, and surgery usually gives excellent results.