Patient education
Liposuction vs tummy tuck: the guides
Eight guides to the choice between fat removal and abdominoplasty, from which tissue each operation treats to what to do when neither is right. Written for someone deciding, not someone studying.
All guides
8 guides
- Liposuction or Tummy Tuck? Fat and Skin Are Different ProblemsDeciding
- What Liposuction Removes, and What It Leaves BehindLiposuction
- What an Abdominoplasty Repairs, Including the MuscleAbdominoplasty
- Scars and Recovery in Body ContouringRecovery
- Weight Stability and Timing Before Body ContouringTiming
- Safety in Body Contouring: Clot Risk and Fluid CollectionsSafety
- What Drives the Cost of Liposuction and AbdominoplastyCost
- When Neither Liposuction Nor a Tummy Tuck Is the Right AnswerNeither
Not sure which problem your abdomen has?
An assessment begins with what the tissue is made of rather than with an operation. We will say plainly what fat removal would change, what an abdominoplasty would change, what neither would, and whether combining the two or waiting is the sequence that suits your case.