Would I be a good candidate for liposuction in my upper and lower ab region? (photos)

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I am 27 and weight 153 pounds. Would I be eligible to receive liposuction around my abs and waist? Also I am 5 foot, 4 inches tall.

Daniel Barrett, MD · Answer

Dear Tasteful711484,
based on your photos, you look like a good candidate for a TT. Liposuction alone would probably leave loose skin in the lower abdomen. Full tummy tuck should tighten your abdominal muscles and remove the excess skin. Flanks liposuction would give you a better shape. I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon because only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Camille Cash, MD · Answer

An in person evaluation is best, but from your photos it appears you are a candidate for liposuction.  Depending on the quality of your skin you may have some looseness as a result.  If you do not intend to have future pregnancies you may also consider a tummy tuck which would address excess fat and skin as well as any abdominal wall laxity.  I've included a video that I hope you find helpful.

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

To make an accurate assessment we need accurate pictures. Avoid taking pictures using mirrors. Instead set the timer on your camera or have someone else hold the camera for you. Take pictures from about 8 feet away, showing your front side and backside wearing non-constrictive, revealing undergarments. Cropped a picture to include your body from your neck to just below your knees. Keep your hands and arms down by their side. It’s important to know if you’ve had previous pregnancies. There are four variables determine what someone stabbed him and looks like. The choice of treatments should be based on which of those for valuables is causing the problem. In other words, if somebody doesn’t like the way, their belly looks it is because of one or more of four different reasons. The four reasons that determine what the abdomen looks like our abdominal skin Laxity, excess subcutaneous fat, muscle separation from previous pregnancies or excess visceral or intra-abdominal fat.
Liposuction only reduces subcutaneous fat so if subcutaneous fat is the only thing causing you to look less than perfect and Liposuction should be the ideal treatment. Pregnancy usually causes abdominal skin, laxity and muscle separation and these are best treated with a full tummy tuck.
I suggest having multiple inperson consultations for the local, board-certified plastic surgeons. I would like to point out that doing it consistent quality liposuction work is more difficult than most people believe. Simply choosing a board-certified plastic surgeon with overall good reputation and years of experience is not in anyway imply that provider has mastered Liposuction, or is good at Liposuction.
Liposuction results has more variation and outcomes, depending on who you choose as your provider than any other plastic surgery procedure. Liposuction results are permanent and irreversible. If done poorly patients can be left disfigured. It is very important to get a proper assessment in order to get a clear understanding of what Liposuction can, and cannot achieve.
Someone who is mastered, Liposuction should be able to make an accurate assessment show you were numerous before, and after pictures of previous patients who are very similar body characteristics, and then deliver predictable quality outcomes. During each consultation, ask your provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before, and after pictures of previous patients, who had similar body characteristics to your own. An experienced provider should have no difficulty showing you at least 50 sets of before and after pictures of abdominal Liposuction. Being shown a handful of pre-selected images, representing the best results of a provider’s career is completely insufficient to get a clear understanding of what average results look like. poorly done Liposuction can leave people disfigured and outcomes from poorly done Liposuction are virtually impossible to restore to normal. 
Patients should be far more selective than they ever thought necessary.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD

Joshua Jacobson, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Hi. Yes. I believe you have some fat under your skin in the abdomen and waist that can be suctioned. If you have had pregnancies in the past, your abdominal muscles may have separated (rectus diastasis). In that case, you will still have some improvement after liposuction but your abdomen won't be completely flat. If you get tummy tuck with lipo, the muscle can be repaired during surgery and you will have a flat abdomen.

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