Combining Surgeries with Dr. Christine Fisher

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]You got to do what you can do together while you're on the table, right? Cuz part of the surgery is not just arriving at the surgery center and getting to sleep, but it's also your recovery time.

[00:00:09]So, if you're having a for example, a breast surgery and a tummy surgery, I think it's a lot better to do those together because the breast recovery is about half as difficult as the tummy, right? The tummy tuck with muscle repair requires about a 2-week chilling at home robe and slippers period of time where you're relaxing in a recliner. The breast recovery is a freebie. So, if you ever want your breasts done and you're having a tummy tuck, go ahead and do it cuz the breast is nothing, especially in the age of Exparel when we can do those pain blocks that make you numb for 3 days, the breasts are nothing.

[00:00:43]But, what about something more complicated? Let's say you lost 100 lb, 200 lb. Recently, I did a surgery for someone who lost 300 lb. When you've had a more profound weight loss event or pregnancy event, perhaps you have tummy skin, thigh skin, arm skin, and even back rolls, we need to break that into two parts because the recovery on the front and the recovery on the back really should be separate. You don't want to tighten the front and tighten the back and then have a disappointing result. It can make you look boxy. So, it's better to just plan from the outset doing those separately.

[00:01:16]Plus, if you know you're coming back later, then that gives the surgeon a little built-in wiggle room for editing if you have a little corner or a little area that needs touch-up lipo, it's a free revision because you're already on the table, it's easy.