I have a lap band and am going for an arm lift and eyelid surgery in 2 weeks. Has anyone with the band who have had cosmetic surgeryndeflate the band prior to surgery?

I just recently went to a support group that had a plastic surgeon as the speaker. It was amazing the transformations of the before and after pictures! The one thing he kept making clear is there will be scarring. One lady did ask the question about the band needing to be unfilled and his recommendation was that was only necessary if they were doing a tummy tuck and the port needed to be readjusted to the abdominal wall. Of course, check with your own surgeon for their suggestions. Wish you the best of luck! Be sure to take some before and after photos, even if only for your collection.

I had a tummy tuck and breast augmentation with my band and never had to deflate it

I just had a LBL. I had to have a low profile port put in but not deflated. However some fluid was lost during the switch.

Thank you all, I saw the surgeon and he is not going to deflate, and has worked with many lapband patients

You can do it..not required to deflate the band. So head for your surgery with confidence. I had a tummy tuck and liposuction after the lap band surgery. I had a discussion with my Doc. Joseph Togba( I did my TT in his clinic, Toronto). So knowing this, he was able to take precautions to avoid the port damage.

I'm getting tt next month and was told mine needed to be deflated

My surgeon said if I was having a TT it would have to be deflated because it's surgery to the abdomen. My arm and eye lift don't require it to be deflated.