While tummy tucks after C-Sections are perfectly safe, you do have to wait a bit before undergoing the elective plastic surgery procedure. Dr. Frank recommends that you wait 6-12 months after your C-Section to ensure that you have properly healed from that surgery.

Generally, people of normal weight who have localized areas of protruding fat achieve the most desired results, however, persons who are slightly overweight can also benefit from liposuction. The best candidates for liposuction include the following: Normal-weight (or slightly-overweight) people.

“Tummy tuck” surgery (abdominoplasty) can be safely performed in obese patients, with no increase in complications compared to non-obese patients, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Mini tucks are ideal for people at normal body weight, with just a small, lower belly pooch. If you have excess fat, saggy skin above your belly button, or have lost a lot of weight and have a lot of excess skin, you’ll need a full tummy tuck.

A tummy tuck doesn’t include a pubic lift because it focuses on contouring the belly region, tightening the skin and muscles in your midsection. In some cases, the general trimming and contouring of your midsection can improve your pubic region’s general appearance, though that isn’t intentional.

The mini tummy tuck incision is much shorter than a traditional, full tummy tuck incision. This may be the only incision, and the belly button is allowed to “float” downwards to a new position without an additional belly button incision.

A mini is for those who have a small amount of excess skin, fat, or muscle separation is present within the lowest part of the abdomen. Muscle Separation: Most patients who are candidates for Mini Tummy Tucks do not need any repair to the abdominal wall, but minor plication (tightening) is an option if needed.

Mini tummy tuck surgery is less invasive than a full tummy tuck, so you’ll heal faster. That means less time off work, less time caring for incisions, quicker scar healing, less swelling, and more. For the right candidate, such as mums with a small tummy pooch or C-section scar, it is quite safe.

During a mini tummy tuck procedure, an incision about 4 to 8 inches long will be made to your lower abdomen. This is about the length of the average C-section scar. In fact, if you’ve had a C-section, they’ll likely use the same incision for a mini tummy tuck, although it may be longer.

A mini abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is limited to supra-pubic skin removal (skin above the pubic area) and fat removal using liposuction. The surgeon aspirates the abdominal fat, removes the supra-pubic skin redundancy, and in cases of muscle flaccidity, the medial part of the abdominal skin is removed.

A drainless abdominoplasty doesn’t require surgical drains to be implemented after the surgery is completed. Drains are typically used in the traditional surgical method to get rid of access fluid that pools in the surgical site. Your body will absorb any fluid that generates in the surgical site.