Risks Of Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

• Post-operative bleeding may affect from 1 in 100 to 1 in 30 patients.
• Infection occurs in between 1 in 50 to 1 in 20 cases.
• Patients run the risk of skin necrosis, a condition in which skin tissues die due to lack of blood supply; however, the majority of these are minor and easily treated.
• Thick, abnormal scarring is possible following abdominoplasty, but treatment with silicone sheeting or scar revision methods can keep this in check.
• The risk for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and resulting clots in the lungs is higher in abdominoplasty than in any other cosmetic surgery procedure, though this risk is normally less than 1 in 100.