When to get surgery

[lifeofblair 308]

Okay, so I'm probably counting my eggs before thy hatch, but I want a Tummy Tuck but I'm only 24 and at some point I would like to have kids. Is it crazy to wait for a tummy tuck until after I have kinds way off in the distant time? I don't want to get a nice new tummy then stretch it out again. Anyone else have a similar experience or thoughts? I also want to get other work done, so I could do that and wait on the tummy just seeing what others have done.

[needtorecover 574]

Personally, I'd wait until after having kids to do a Tummy Tuck (unless loose skin is causing you pain or rashes). My post-partum belly looked like a deflated balloon for a few months after I gave birth. It sorted itself out, but with slender women (which you are now - congratulations!) there's usually a little pooch that doesn't go away. After all you've gone through already I'd wait to get that taken care of so you don't get disappointed later on, you know? If your belly skin is already stretched out from previous obesity, pregnancy won't make it worse.

Just my 2 cents - never had surgery but I have been pregnant so... there you go.

[Spiceyfrog 269]

There is no way I would commit the time OR money to having a Tummy Tuck, knowing I was not done having children! I am not having my tummy tuck until December, but I did have brachioplasty and breast augmentation this past December and don't get my wrong, it was not like I was dying, but I certainly would not want to go through it again, not to mention it cost me $11,000!

[alexanderv 7]

That's one of my concern will I need to have any type of tuck surgery. I am 5'4 255 lbs. I wonder if I will have a lot of loose skin.

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[DylanRae 71]

I am 25 and will have kids some time in the distant future. But now 1.5 years out from my sleeve, i have quite a bit of extra skin. I have thought about this for a long while now. I have decided that for me, the extra skin i have from being over 300lb at only 5'4", is much less desirable then that plus a baby pooch, which some women are able to work off, especially if you are preparing your tummy to make that stretch. So for me, im not waiting. Im going to get the body i see in my head now, then have something to work back to after children.

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