how long post-op before a tummy tuck?

[bethnc1970 53]

I will be 1 year post-op on June 29th with a total weight loss of 156lbs so far.. im still losing weight but I can't stand this skin on my stomach. .. is 1 year ok... or should I wait 2 years????

[M2G 1,836]

If you are still losing I would personally wait. I'm getting closer to 3 years post-op and *just* last month consulted a PS. I'm not sure that I will actually do anything w/regards to plastics, but I at least wanted to know my options and cost... $$,$$$

Once you have quit losing and are quite stable for a while is when most will suggest seeing a PS.

[JustSayMoe 163]

I think most plastic surgeons would recommend being at or very near goal weight.

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

I was told 2 years, but if your not near goal, I would wait until goal to get the maximum benefits of the PS.

[RickM 1,752]

The typical number that I see is six months to a year after reaching goal or stable weight, as our weight continues to redistribute some once we have stopped losing and the skin can shrink and bounce back a bit. About the time that I reached goal weight, I started working with a trainer with my wife and noticed how much the skin on my back was folding up when moving around on floor mats, but that was not a problem a year later (it had either tightened up some or I had learned how to avoid the problem or likely some combination of the two.) Likewise, at around the same time I had new seats put into my racecar which were a snug fit as they are supposed to be, but a year later I was noticing that they were looser on my butt even though my weight hasn't changed in that time (but my shape has!)

Like many things in life, this is a compromise between what may be optimal and what circumstances and individual tolerances, preferences, timing and funding may permit.

[Michellemo 161]

I'm having a Tummy Tuck consult in August and that's my 1 year anniversary. I'll be at goal. Every place I talked to said you should be at your goal weight.