Our ideal patient is at an optimally healthy and
stable weight. There is no shortage of papers in
the surgical literature demonstrating that patients
who are overweight have increased complications
and poorer outcomes as a direct result of their
increased weight. This applies to all surgical
disciplines.
This is where the body mass index comes in.
Just as patients with other deleterious factors
such as lung disease, heart failure, diabetes, or
uncontrolled hypertension are not good
candidates for cosmetic surgery, those with high
BMI are poor candidates too.
BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and
weight that applies to both adult men and
women. To determine your BMI, please link to this
site: BMI calculator.
While we prefer to operate on patients with a
normal BMI, it’s not that we operate only on
patients with a BMI below 25. Many of our
patients have a higher BMI.
It is not generally our practice to perform elective
cosmetic surgery on patients with a BMI above 30.
It’s not that we are discriminatory. We do not
consider the BMI an all or non issue.
Patients who are obese should understand they
are at higher risk for wound healing problems.
Most of these problems are minor and are easily
treated.
We will not decide to perform or not perform
surgery based solely on your BMI. However, it is
not a bad general guide of where you happen to
be now, versus where you might aim for (if in fact
you need to).
Remember that elective cosmetic surgery is
generally done for generally healthy people
and the closer you are to your ideal body
weight, the better the aesthetic result you can
expect.
stable weight. There is no shortage of papers in
the surgical literature demonstrating that patients
who are overweight have increased complications
and poorer outcomes as a direct result of their
increased weight. This applies to all surgical
disciplines.
This is where the body mass index comes in.
Just as patients with other deleterious factors
such as lung disease, heart failure, diabetes, or
uncontrolled hypertension are not good
candidates for cosmetic surgery, those with high
BMI are poor candidates too.
BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and
weight that applies to both adult men and
women. To determine your BMI, please link to this
site: BMI calculator.
While we prefer to operate on patients with a
normal BMI, it’s not that we operate only on
patients with a BMI below 25. Many of our
patients have a higher BMI.
It is not generally our practice to perform elective
cosmetic surgery on patients with a BMI above 30.
It’s not that we are discriminatory. We do not
consider the BMI an all or non issue.
Patients who are obese should understand they
are at higher risk for wound healing problems.
Most of these problems are minor and are easily
treated.
We will not decide to perform or not perform
surgery based solely on your BMI. However, it is
not a bad general guide of where you happen to
be now, versus where you might aim for (if in fact
you need to).
Remember that elective cosmetic surgery is
generally done for generally healthy people
and the closer you are to your ideal body
weight, the better the aesthetic result you can
expect.
Windsor Tummy Tuck
Body Mass Index (BMI)
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We generally do not perform
elective cosmetic surgery on
patients with a BMI above
30.
Patients who are obese are
at higher risk for wound
healing problems.
elective cosmetic surgery on
patients with a BMI above
30.
Patients who are obese are
at higher risk for wound
healing problems.
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