Tummy tuck
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healthygreek wrote: »I've always heard you must lose the weight before the surgery to benefit the most.
Thanks for the info. So I would have to maintain my diet at first
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amusedmonkey wrote: »You may end up with a bad laxity around the surgery scar requiring a revision if you diet down after the surgery, especially if a good deal of the fat is actually visceral (deep around the rogans). It's best to lose weight first and teach yourself good habits before you go under for a major operation.
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I would not consider a tummy tuck until getting to a healthy, reasonable body fat level and staying there a couple of years to see how my skin recovered.kommodevaran wrote: »Make the necessary adjustments to your behavior before the operation. You need to have the good habits implemented; and if you can't do it now, you can't do it afterwards either, and the suffering and money spent would have been for nothing.
Flat stomachs aren't necessarily normal for women, though.
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I got a tummy tuck after getting to 15 pounds above my goal. I hit my goal a bit later. If you're too heavy you may end up with loose bits that you could have had taken care of with a tummy tuck after weight loss. Loose the weight first, then get the TT. They will usually do some liposuction with it so you are flat and small. Also, as an FYI, you don't come out of surgery skinny. It takes months for the swelling to go down and for you to be able to stand completely upright. When all is said and done it's a great thing, but when I gained some weight back, my stomach looked weird and now my arms are heavy, which never happened before. The fat goes to different places.
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goldthistime wrote: »I have a friend who had a tummy tuck and from what she described there's a long and painful healing process. Dieting sounds far easier. Can you take whatever time you were going to take off work for the surgery recovery and dedicate yourself to diet and exercise to get in the groove? Although I'm a fan of slow and easy, living life as normal as possible, I know that removing yourself from your current bad habits/routines and pushing the exercise aspect can be a great springboard to success. Good luck, whatever you choose to do.
Thank you so much! I am planning to be punctual in my dieting and to do the surgery after that.1 -
stephaniej2888 wrote: »1st: if you can't maintain healthy eating before a tummy tuck then you won't be able to after. You need to focus on getting yourself healthy first and then if you still have loose skin you want to get rid of then it's your decision.
How much would it sucks to pay all that money and go through all that pain just to gain that tummy back?
2nd: have you done some research on the pain and scarring of a tummy tuck? I have looked into it before and decided "h*** no" lol
First of all you have a scar from hip to hip....I think I would rather have a little tummy sag then that huge scar. Second the pain is excruciating from what I've heard. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos from people who've had them and they showed off there flat tummy with this huge scar and 90% of them said if they knew how much pain they would be in there is no way they would have done it.
One girl got breast implants and a tuck at the same time and said the tuck hurt 10x worse than the implants and recovery was much longer.
Yeah, I heard it is more painful. And I am planning to do the surgery after maintaining a proper diet as you people suggest.0 -
stephaniej2888 wrote: »lose the weight and keep it off for 3+ years. Alot of people end up gaining some to all the weight back after losing it. If you exercise and eat right, surgery shouldn't be required.
Absolutely NOT TRUE!!! I agree with everyone here that the OP is not ready for this procedure and shouldn't have it. But who are you to tell people that surgery "shouldn't" be required.
I was fat throughout childhood. During college, I lost half my body weight (about 150 pounds) and maintained for many years after that. I have a very significant belly apron of hanging skin that looks terrible, drastically limits the clothes I can wear, makes me feel terrible every day, and will never go away. No amount of dieting and weightlifting (which I do) is going to fix that. A lot of what skin looks like after weight loss depends on genetics. Thank your lucky stars that you won the genetic lottery and you don't need surgery, but don't you dare tell other people that they shouldn't need it either.
I totally agree!
My best friend has had 3 children and has worked out and lost the weight after all of them. She is 5'4 and probably around 130 lbs and it great shape, but still has what she calls her "tummy flap" because of her stomach being stretched out over and over again from pregnancy. She has tried for years to get it smaller or gone and no amount of working out has changed it. She wants a tummy tuck when they can afford one and I totally support her decision!
I will have one for sure, because my stomach looks really bad
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lose the weight and keep it off for 3+ years. Alot of people end up gaining some to all the weight back after losing it. If you exercise and eat right, surgery shouldn't be required.
Absolutely NOT TRUE!!! I agree with everyone here that the OP is not ready for this procedure and shouldn't have it. But who are you to tell people that surgery "shouldn't" be required.
I was fat throughout childhood. During college, I lost half my body weight (about 150 pounds) and maintained for many years after that. I have a very significant belly apron of hanging skin that looks terrible, drastically limits the clothes I can wear, makes me feel terrible every day, and will never go away. No amount of dieting and weightlifting (which I do) is going to fix that. A lot of what skin looks like after weight loss depends on genetics. Thank your lucky stars that you won the genetic lottery and you don't need surgery, but don't you dare tell other people that they shouldn't need it either.
Ya I agree. I was never overweight and I needed a TT. I had one single pregnancy then twins that did it in. The doc removed 10.5 inches of skin after 18 years. It never goes away for some of us. I hated playing fat roll round up every time I sat down. It wears on you.
Now if the OP wanted to have two surgeries, depending on the severity, and purpose of skin removal. Like people that have much to lose and the skin impairs their mobility, then sure, knock it out.
I think the skin can take up to a year to recover, but during the TT, they stretch you tight (if it's cosmetic). So I think that the docs call when to do it. They are good with skin types, not a forum.
OP, also know that with excess fat healing is harder. I believe there is more of a chance for dehiscence. You and your doc can figure this out. Good luck!
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stephaniej2888 wrote: »1st: if you can't maintain healthy eating before a tummy tuck then you won't be able to after. You need to focus on getting yourself healthy first and then if you still have loose skin you want to get rid of then it's your decision.
How much would it sucks to pay all that money and go through all that pain just to gain that tummy back?
2nd: have you done some research on the pain and scarring of a tummy tuck? I have looked into it before and decided "h*** no" lol
First of all you have a scar from hip to hip....I think I would rather have a little tummy sag then that huge scar. Second the pain is excruciating from what I've heard. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos from people who've had them and they showed off there flat tummy with this huge scar and 90% of them said if they knew how much pain they would be in there is no way they would have done it.
One girl got breast implants and a tuck at the same time and said the tuck hurt 10x worse than the implants and recovery was much longer.
It is painful, for a couple of weeks. Not forever. My sinus surgery was more painful. My gallstones were more painful, and 2 weeks of pain were worth not having the fat overhang from losing 80 pounds. And my scar, what scar? It's barely noticeable, and it's below where any bikini I wear is. If you follow the after care instructions, your scar all but disappears. Everyone I know that's had a TT says it's totally worth it. It's who you know.
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No offense, but if you couldn't stick to the healthy eating diet before hand what makes you think you will stick to it after the surgery?0
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