Pregnancy after tummy tuck? please read

LaLaBaDa
LaLaBaDa Posts: 6
in Health and Weight Loss
So I have lost 106 lbs so far, and have 50 to go. Once I reach my goal weight of 138, I am going to maintain for a year and work on toning, and after a year determine if I need to get a tummy tuck or any other excess skin removal surgery. However, I have a question, has anyone ever gotten a tummy tuck before becoming pregnant? Is there something you did so you were at risk for any complications? How did you go about it? I am only 21, and say I get to 138 by the time I'm 22, i am going to want to have kids but not a sagging stomach. Will I still be able to get the tummy tuck or is it too risky to do it before I have kids? I don't plan on having kids within the next 5 years, I don't have a boyfriend and am not going to rush into marriage and all of that.
Thank you for your time!

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  • wluyando
    wluyando Posts: 32 Member
    LaLaBaDa doctors recomend when thinking on doing a TT to have kids first because after you have kids your results may or will vary if this is your case you can then have a second mini tuck or a full TT if necesary, I have a friend that did a TT before having any kids and she is in her 20s like you this will not afect her when she decide to have her kids just results. I will sugest for you to do allott more research about having a TT or have a apt with a Plastic Surgeon there are many options for people who need or think they need a Tuck, Good Luck honey
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    My surgeon said there should be no complications, but another pregnancy would likely ruin the results of the tuck and require a revision.
  • LaLaBaDa
    LaLaBaDa Posts: 6
    thank you both!
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    Google would have been faster.
  • monroe61
    monroe61 Posts: 620 Member
    My older sister had a tummy tuck a few years ago because she thought she was done having kids, but oops now she has a one year old :) Her tummy still looks fabulous, she might disagree but she always will. Everyone is different though...decide what is best for you and what a surgeon recommends! Good luck to you and congrats on your loss so far :)
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    Google would have been faster.

    Your less than helpful response could easily be applied to nearly every question ever posted on this forum.

    Google doesn't give her answers that she can reply to if she has follow up questions.
  • LaLaBaDa
    LaLaBaDa Posts: 6
    Google would have been faster.


    oh yes you're right. just like you could read your food labels instead of using an online calorie counter! but here you are just like the rest of us, and reading the message boards!

    also i do have follow up questions, monroe61, when your friend had kids after the tummy tuck, did she experience any pain or was she and the baby fine and just needed a revision?
    thanks for your help!

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