360 or anchor cut

Hi!

I was wondering, I have gotten advice from many on how they wish they would have gotten the anchor cut because the top of their abs are still pouchy. Has anyone had this procedure? When I asked my surgeon about it he said he doesn't prefer this due to complications?

Thank you!

I had the LBL without the anchor cut.  I do still have a bit of loose skin on the top of my stomach, but not too bad.  I didn't want the scar down the center of my stomach.  My surgeon did tell me that to get a completely flat stomach and to completely remove the excess skin that I would have to have the anchor cut.

I am very happy with my results.

I had my LBL on Nov. 13th  and it was not exactly an anchor cut but a fluer de lis (down the middle from my breast bone to above pubic area and then the whole way around).  I love the result of this procedure because I have a completely flat stomach and no muffin top.  I realize that I have a scar down the middle, but I have no intentions of wearing anything that would reveal that scar, such as a bikini, etc.  I am also having a vertical thigh lift, arm lift & breast lift on February 14th and all of those procedures will leave scars as well.  With that said, I would rather have the scars than all the excess skin just hanging there.

Good Luck to you on whatever procedure you decide, you will know what is right for you.

Hi there:

I had the FDL tummy tuck and still have extra skin up top.  I am having the back half of the LBL in April and I hope that will pull some of the excess skin from up top back toward the back area and sides.  My doctor thinks this will help with some of the tightening in the area but with so much loose skin I may never be really tight.

I had the full LBL and Anchor Cut at the same time.  I'm returning in a few months for my Upper Body Lift.  I have a lot of upper back skin that the LBL didn't do anything for.  It did help with the lower back skin, however.  My results were excellent as far as a flat tummy and pulling up my butt.  I also got an Auto Butt Flap Augmentation.

I had a LBL without the anchor cut three months ago.  Even though I had a large amount of extra skin, I also chose not to have the anchor cut because I did not want the extra scar. I have pictures of the before and after on my profile if you would like to see the results.  I still have a small amount of extra skin above my belly button, but you cannot see it through clothes.  The results are not perfect, but the amount of improvement is tremendous. 

My surgeon offered to do the procedure in two stages – the LBL first, and if needed, she could add the vertical incision on the abdomen later to remove more skin.  So that is a possibility if you are not sure which way you would like to go…

WOW.  You look absolutely amazing.  What a breathtaking transformation!!!   I don't see any extra skin above you belly button, FWIW! 

If the results from my extended tummy tuck are even half as good as yours, I'll be crying I'll be so thrilled. 

I had a muffin top and Dr Sauceda did lipo on it, then pulled down for my LBL.  My tummy is flat.

the surgeon i had a consult with this week told me he didn't think i would benefit from it and recommended the regular cut instead with a little bit of lipo on the top abs and pulling it down