Is there supposed to be a certain amount of time you are supposed to wait for PS?

A tummy tuck to be specific.

I'm 6-1/2 months out from my VSG.  I'm 20 pounds from my goal.  I believe I can have that off by the end of the year. 

Will that be far enough out from surgery?

Thanks,

Most surgeons want you at a stable weight for some period of time - six months to a year.  Some seem to be able to do it whenever.  As frustrating as it is to wait, I recommend giving your body at least 6 months to "settle" after you hit your goal weight.  That gives you a chance to work in weight maintenance for awhile, and your fat really does redistribute itself as you lose.

There's nothing stopping you from getting consults now.  Start narrowing down the surgeons you're interested in, set up appointments, and get some idea of what they think they can do, how much it'll cost, and all that stuff.  Go see at least 3 before you make up your mind.

I had my  TT at a year.  It was approved by my PCP and PS, so you will get multiple opinions on this.  I was told on OH to wait longer, but it turned out wonderful :) and I am only a month post TT.

Ideally waiting 6 months to a year is best.  Your body will settle into it's new shape and size.  I dated a guy I had met when he weighed 380.  I dated him after he lost to 180.  His face really was saggy and his tummy was too.  We dated for a while and then life got us both busy and I didn't see him for almost a year.  When I saw him at his 50th birthday, he looked amazing!  I asked if he had a facelift and he hadn't.  His face skin had really tightened up a lot.  I'm not saying it will do this for everyone, but I have seen some improvements with waiting.

I was told to wait at least 18 months to 2 years... that is because this is your true weight loss window, and you don't know where your body will be at the end of that window. regardless of how close you are to what you thought your Goal was you still don't know where you will finally end up, and where your body will normalize. Sometimes it is much less than your original goal, sometimes it is more, and more often than not at about 18 months you dip down to your all time low and then experience some bounce-back. You just cant know, and everybody experience will be different... and ultimately, with plastics, you don't want to jump the gun. Otherwise you might create a situation where your not happy with your results because your body continues to change post-op and you might even face the dilemma of needing revisions as a result. I say better to wait. :)

Its hard when you are so ready, I totally get it... I got my plastics two years after my weightloss surgery, and that second year felt like the longest of my life. BUT-- although it didn't seem like it to me at the time (because the pace of loss had slowed) my body WAS still changing that entire second year and I would have had to get revisions if I had jumped the gun...