Is a Tummy Tuck and a Breast Implant with Lift to Risky to Do in One Procedure?
Combining breast augmentation and tummy tuck
Hello,
Combining two moderate operations is a matter of scale, proportion, and complexity. We always weigh efficiency of the time savings of combining operations versus the increased risk and stress and possibly tougher recovery.
If it patient’s ambitions for augmentation are modest and she is very suitable for an abdominoplasty, i.e., good muscle tone and largely lax skin without a great deal of fat, then the operations being combined is generally a pretty good fit.
Naturally making these pronouncements at a distance without seeing a patient must be followed by an in-person evaluation. Best of luck!
Dan Downey MD FACS
Downey Plastic Surgery
Dr-Downey.com
Can I Get Breast Implants at 16-18?
(from RealSelf.com)
Hello,
I think that augmentation at too young an age can be unsatisfying over the long term. First, the chest wall and breast tissues can still be growing and maturing. The expectation of a large-ish implant under immature tissues can actually cause atrophy and thinning of the overlying tissues, leading to faster fatigue of the tissues and loss of elasticity. Second, psychologically the young patient hasn’t lived in her skin for very long in an adult state, so expectations about surgical results are derived from outside rather than inside cues. And young people generally are more suggestible and vulnerable to peer pressure.
I would focus on fitness and good self esteem until her early to mid 20’s before considering this hopefully satisfying operation.
Dan Downey MD FACS
Downey Plastic Surgery
Dr-Downey.com
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