Posted this under general surgery forum but perhaps it belonds here. Hope someone can shed some light on my question. Had a tummy tuck about 3 years ago. Considering lap band in near future. Is there anything with the tummy tuck surgery that would eliminate me as a candidate for lap band?

Dandy1:

I am certainly not an expert, but here's my thoughts on this. The lap band is all done at the upper part of the stomach, so I'm thinking that a prior tummy tuck wouldn't interfere at all with the lap band.

Take care.

Sue

Yup, I'm not a doc nor do I play one on Lapbandtalk. But IMHO I can't imagine why the prior tummy tuck should be a problem. In fact I'm pretty sure I remember hearing of at least one other bandster out here that had a tummy tuck some years ago after losing some weight then recently was banded after gaining much of it back. Maybe she'll spot this thread and chime in as well.

I dont think it will be a problem, babysgotback (?) one of the members on here did exactly that and she is looking amazing now!

Nina x

I had a tummy tuck 15 months ago and I was just banded on January 10, 2008. My doctor said there was no problem and he was right, everything went fine.