View before and after photos of tummy tuck and flank liposuction performed by various plastic surgeons.
Tummy tuck and liposuction: an ideal body quickly and forever
The combination of several surgical interventions in aesthetic surgery is not something surprising in recent times. Patients often turn to professionals with the phrase “I want a beautiful belly,” while one liposuction or breast lift may be insufficient to achieve the desired effect.
That is why surgeons often combine several types of plastic surgeries, in order for the patient to get exactly the result he wanted after the interventions.
Liposuction and Tummy tuck: how these operations affect each other.
The combination of liposuction and tummy tuck is often practiced, as it significantly expands the possibilities of plastic surgeons, because a specialist can not only remove excess fat, but also correct the abdominal wall.
Plastic surgeons have three basic options for a combination of such operations: liposuction before tummy tuck, during surgery, and after surgery. The choice of the surgeon option is carried out individually for each patient, according to the peculiarities of the specific case.
Tummy tuck and liposuction:
- Preliminary liposuction and tummy tuck: when to start with “fat”;
- Performing abdominal liposuction during tummy tuck;
- First-priority implementation of tummy tuck and liposuction after it.
This combination of liposuction and tummy tuck, when the removal of fat precedes abdominal wall plasty, is indicated with an excessively large thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer in the anterior abdominal wall. This can significantly worsen the aesthetic result of the operation, and also increases the risk of postoperative complications.
In addition, this combination of operations is only necessary when the main fat is located along the midline of the abdomen, but the patient refuses from vertical abdominoplasty. The combination of abdominal liposuction with the treatment of the lateral surfaces of the trunk and flanks significantly reduces the thickness of the skin-fat flap and improves the outcome of subsequent tummy tuck.
At the same time, the period between operations should be at least 3-4 months.
Liposuction of the abdomen during abdominoplasty.
It has been established that liposuction in areas adjacent to the main incision created during abdominoplasty significantly worsens the conditions of its healing. That’s why only 3 options for performing liposuction in the course of abdominoplasty are practiced:
- Limited liposuction of the edges of the main incision to reduce the formation of “ears” at the extreme points of horizontal access and the convexity of the cutaneous seam in the epigastric region;
- Significant liposuction in the lateral parts of the trunk and flanks, made from additional accesses removed from the main incision;
- Moderate liposuction, performed through the wall of the main incision with minimal detachment of skin-fat flaps and formed in the wound of the “dead” space.
Primary performance of abdominoplasty and liposuction after it.
This method of correcting the shape of the abdomen is the least preferable, since thinning of the subcutaneous fat layer of the anterior abdominal wall is accompanied by relaxation of the skin, which can significantly worsen the aesthetic effect of abdominoplasty.
This method should be chosen only in cases where the difference in the thickness of tissues located below and above the scar line is significantly pronounced. Additional liposuction also takes place when “the ears” are formed at the extreme points of the horizontal scar.
The combination of abdominoplasty and liposuction in various combinations allows to achieve maximum results in the case, when the surgeon correctly chooses the way of a combination of these operations. To prevent the occurrence of complications after a tummy tuck, surgeon should first of all individual transactions to determine the tactics suitable individual for each patient.
Gallery of tummy tuck and flank liposuction:
- Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of The Abdomen And Flanks By Dr John A. Ayala, MD, San Antonio Plastic Surgeon
- Dr. Heather Rocheford, MD, Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon - 50 Year Old Woman Treated For Tummy Tuck And Flank Liposuction.
- Dr. Braden C. Stridde, MD, Kirkland Plastic Surgeon - 32 Year Old Mother Of Three Treated For Excess Fat On Her Abdomen And Hip Flank Region
- Dr Jeffrey G. Copeland, MD, Saint Louis Plastic Surgeon - Mini-Abdominoplasty Liposuction Of The Abdomen, Flanks And Thighs, 40 Yr Old Female
- Doctor Robert M. Lowen, MD, Mountain View Plastic Surgeon - 46 Y O Woman, 5'4_, 152 Lbs, 2 Weeks Post Vaser Liposuction Back, Flanks, Abdomen And Tummy Tuck
- Dr. B. Kalantarian, MD, Orange County Plastic Surgeon - Tummy Tuck With Liposuction Of Waistline Lower Abdominal Flank
- Dr Austin Hayes, MD, Portland Plastic Surgeon - 35-40 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck, Scar Revision And Flank Liposuction
- 27 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Flank Liposuction With Dr. Levi J. Young, MD, Overland Park Plastic Surgeon
- 36 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of The Flanks. With Doctor Camille Cash, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon
- 36 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck With SAFELipo Of Flanks And Back Rolls By Doctor Stephen E. Zucker, MD, South Bend Plastic Surgeon
- 38 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of Her Flanks And Lower Back By Dr. Jonathan Hall, MD, Boston Plastic Surgeon
- 50 Year Old Abdominoplasty Tummy Tuck And Liposuction To Flanks By Dr Thomas G. Liszka, MD, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon
- 68 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck With Liposuction To Flanks By Doctor Paul S. Gill, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Flank Liposuction, Breast Augmentation By Doctor Sam Jejurikar, MD, Dallas Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Hips And Flanks With Dr Eric T. Emerson, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Hips, Flanks, Medial Thighs With Doctor Eric T. Emerson, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Liposuction To Flanks Hips By Doctor John Zavell, MD, FACS, Toledo Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL) Of Flanks By Doctor Manish H. Shah, MD, FACS, Denver Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL) Of Flanks By Dr. Manish H. Shah, MD, FACS, Denver Plastic Surgeon
- Doctor Christopher T. Maloney Jr., MD, Tucson Plastic Surgeon - 39 Year Old Female Abdominoplasty And Flank Liposuction
- Doctor Manish H. Shah, MD, FACS, Denver Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty With Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL) Of Flanks
- Doctor Ricardo L. Rodriguez, MD, Baltimore Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty And Liposuction To Flanks
- Doctor Stephen E. Zucker, MD, South Bend Plastic Surgeon - 46 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck With SAFELipo Of The Flanks
- Dr Camille Cash, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon - 36 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of The Flanks.
- Dr Daniel Zeichner, MD, Plantation Plastic Surgeon - 31 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Tickle Lipo Of Flanks
- Dr David A. Sieber, MD, San Francisco General Surgeon - 33 Year Old Woman After Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of Abdomen, Flanks, And Back
- Dr Eric T. Emerson, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty, Extended, With Liposuction Of Flanks
- Dr J. Jason Wendel, MD, FACS, Nashville Plastic Surgeon - Tummy Tuck And Flank Liposuction For This 32 Year Old Woman
- Dr Jonathan Hall, MD, Boston Plastic Surgeon - 36 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of Her Flanks And Lower Back
- Dr Kelly R. Kunkel, MD, Fort Worth Plastic Surgeon - Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) And Flank Liposuction In A 40 Year-old Woman
- Dr Moises Salama, MD, Miami Plastic Surgeon - 35 Y.o. Female - Tummy Tuck With Liposuction Of The Flanks
- Dr Philip Lambruschi, MD, Arlington Heights Plastic Surgeon - 36 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty With Flank Liposuction
- Dr Sam Jejurikar, MD, Dallas Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty With Flank Liposuction, Breast Augmentation
- Dr. Catherine T. Milbourn, MD, FACS , San Antonio Plastic Surgeon - 47 Year Old Female Desiring Tummy Tuck With Liposuction To Upper Abdomen And Flanks
- Dr. David R. Broadway, MD, Denver Plastic Surgeon - Tummy Tuck With Back And Flank Liposuction And A Buttocks Fat Transfer
- Dr. Franklin D. Richards, MD, Bethesda Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty (Tummy-Tuck) And Liposuction Of Flanks
- Dr. Jose Perez-Gurri, MD, FACS, Miami Plastic Surgeon - 35 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck - Liposuction Of Hips And Flanks (PAL)
- Dr. Michael A. Fallucco, MD, FACS, Jacksonville Plastic Surgeon - 60 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Abdomen And Flanks
- Dr. Paul S. Gill, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon - 31 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Lipo To Flanks
- Dr. Sam Jejurikar, MD, Dallas Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty With Flank Liposuction, Breast Augmentation
- Dr. Stephen E. Zucker, MD, South Bend Plastic Surgeon - 44 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And SAFELipo Of Flanks And Back Rolls
- Dr. Thomas G. Liszka, MD, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon - 50 Year Old Abdominoplasty Tummy Tuck And Liposuction To Flanks
- Extended Abdominoplasty, Tumescent Liposuction Of Lower Flanks And Fat Grafting To Gluteals With Dr S. Daniel Golshani, MD, FACS, Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
- Patient Underwent Abdominoplasty, VASER LipoSelection Of The Abdomen, Flanks, And Axilla With Doctor Paul Vanek, MD, Cleveland Plastic Surgeon
- Tummy Tuck With Flank Liposuction With Doctor Christopher J. Morea, MD, Raleigh-Durham Plastic Surgeon
- 35 Year Old Female Had Her Abdomen And Flanks Reduced After Having Kids Before With Doctor Yuly Gorodisky, DO, FACOS, Oxnard Plastic Surgeon
- 45 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Lipo Of Flanks With Doctor Stefan Mark Szczerba, MD, Chicago Plastic Surgeon
- 46 Yr Old Female - Tummy Tuck With Liposuction Of Flanks With Dr. Robert Frank, MD, Munster Plastic Surgeon
- 48 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of Abdomen And Flanks With Doctor Zoran Potparic, MD, Fort Lauderdale Plastic Surgeon
- 52 Y.O Woman, Full Abdominoplasty And Bilateral Flank Liposuction. By Dr. Heather Rocheford, MD, Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Flanks With Dr Kelly Gallego, MD, FACS, Yuba City Plastic Surgeon
- Abdominoplasty, Liposuction To Flanks And Mastopexy (breast Lift). With Doctor Ricardo L. Rodriguez, MD, Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
- Abdomiplasty (Tummy Tuck) Liposuction Of Abdomen, Flanks And Lateral Chest Areas By Dr. Vincent D. Lepore, MD, San Jose Plastic Surgeon
- Doctor Erik Miles, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon - Extended Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Flanks
- Doctor Heather Rocheford, MD, Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon - 52 Y.O Woman, Who Had A Full Abdominoplasty With Flank Liposuction.
- Doctor John A. Ayala, MD, San Antonio Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of The Abdomen And Flank
- Doctor Joshua D. Zuckerman, MD, FACS, New York Plastic Surgeon - 42 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck, Liposuction To Flanks And Inner Thighs
- Doctor Mark Eberbach, MD, Tampa Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty With Lipo Of Abdomen, Flanks And Low Back
- Doctor Michael A. Bogdan, MD, FACS, Dallas Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) And Flank Liposuction
- Doctor Ronald Downs, MD, FACS, South Bend Plastic Surgeon - 38 Year Old Woman Tummy Tuck, Medial Thighplasty And Liposuction Flanks
- Dr Erik Miles, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon - Extended Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Flanks
- Dr Fatima Almonte, MD, Dominican Republic Plastic Surgeon - Tummy Tuck With Liposculpture Flanks Waist
- Dr Heather Rocheford, MD, Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon - 40 Y.O Woman, Full Abdominoplasty And Flank Liposuction.
- Dr Paul S. Gill, MD, Houston Plastic Surgeon - 38 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck And Lipo To Flanks And Back
- Dr Robert M. Lowen, MD, Mountain View Plastic Surgeon - 50 Y O Female, 5'7_, 170 Lbs 10 Weeks After Staged Back And Flank Liposuction Then Abdominoplasty
- Dr Stephen E. Zucker, MD, South Bend Plastic Surgeon - 54 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck With SAFELipo Of The Flanks
- Dr Vincent D. Lepore, MD, San Jose Plastic Surgeon - Abdomiplasty (Tummy Tuck) Liposuction Of Abdomen, Flanks And Lateral Chest Areas
- Dr. Ariel N. Rad, MD, PhD, Washington DC Plastic Surgeon - Abdominoplasty (tummy Tuck), Flank Liposuction
- Dr. Glynn Bolitho, PhD, MD, FACS, San Diego Plastic Surgeon - 42 Year Old Female Before After Full Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of The Abdomen Flanks Before
- Dr. Robert M. Lowen, MD, Mountain View Plastic Surgeon - 40 Year Old Woman 3 Months After Abdominoplasty And Vaser Assisted Lipoplasty Of The Waist And Flanks
- Dr. Stephen E. Zucker, MD, South Bend Plastic Surgeon - 53 Year Old Woman Treated With Tummy Tuck With SAFELipo Of The Flanks
- Extended Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Flanks By Dr. Erik Miles, MD, FACS, Charlotte Plastic Surgeon
- Full Tummy Tuck And Liposuction Of Flanks, Waist And Bra Area By Dr Amy T. Bandy, DO, FACS, Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon
- Tummy Tuck Abdominoplasty With Liposuction Of Flanks And Back By Dr Anire Okpaku, MD FACS, Miami Plastic Surgeon
- Tuumy Tuck With Flanks And Waist Liposculpture With Dr. Fatima Almonte, MD, Dominican Republic Plastic Surgeon