Extended Tummy Tuck with Liposuction (Hip to Hip)
- Private airport transfers (arrival & departure)
- Dedicated personal assistant throughout your stay
- All-inclusive accommodation with daily breakfast
- Premium aftercare and recovery support
What is Extended Tummy Tuck with Liposuction?
This comprehensive body contouring procedure combines an extended abdominoplasty with extensive liposuction from hip to hip, offering the most complete transformation of the midsection. The extended tummy tuck removes excess skin and tightens muscles across the abdomen, flanks, and lower back, while strategic liposuction sculpts and refines the contours throughout the entire treatment area. This powerful combination is ideal for patients who have undergone significant weight loss and have both excess skin and stubborn fat deposits. By addressing both concerns in a single surgery, patients achieve dramatic, harmonious results with optimal body proportions.
The Procedure
The surgery is performed under general anesthesia and typically takes 4-6 hours. First, comprehensive liposuction is performed across the abdomen, flanks, waist, and lower back to remove excess fat and create refined contours. Then, the extended tummy tuck incision is made from hip to hip, extending around to the flanks and lower back. Excess skin and any remaining superficial fat are removed. Abdominal muscles are tightened from sternum to pubic bone, and oblique muscles are also addressed. The belly button is repositioned for natural appearance. All tissue is carefully re-draped and secured. Multiple drains are placed, and compression garments are applied.
Ideal Candidates
Ideal candidates have excess skin and fat extending around the torso, have achieved and maintained stable weight, experienced massive weight loss, have good skin elasticity, finished childbearing, are non-smokers, in excellent health, and ready for extended recovery period.
Benefits
- Maximum Contouring: Combines skin removal with fat reduction
- Complete Torso Transformation: Addresses all problem areas simultaneously
- Enhanced Definition: Liposuction creates more sculpted contours
- Hip-to-Hip Smoothness: Eliminates bulges and irregularities
- Comprehensive Results: One surgery achieves multiple goals
- Balanced Proportions: Creates harmonious body shape
- Reduced Overall Cost: More economical than separate procedures
- Single Recovery: Heal from everything at once
- Dramatic Transformation: Significant improvement in silhouette
Risks and Complications
Risks
- Extensive Surgery: Longest and most complex body contouring procedure
- Seroma Formation: High risk of fluid accumulation
- Contour Irregularities: Risk of uneven results from liposuction
- Skin Necrosis: Increased risk due to extensive undermining
- Prolonged Swelling: May take 6-12 months to see final results
- Blood Loss: Higher risk requiring blood management
- Fat Embolism: Rare but serious liposuction complication
- Extensive Scarring: Large scar wrapping around body
- Numbness: Widespread altered sensation
- Deep Vein Thrombosis: Higher risk with extended surgery time
Important Considerations
- Most Extensive Procedure: Requires strongest commitment to recovery
- 4-6 Week Recovery: Extended time off work needed
- 3-4 Months Exercise Restriction: Significant limitation on physical activity
- Multiple Drains: May require 3-5 drains for 2-4 weeks
- Compression Garments: Must wear 24/7 for 8-12 weeks
- Significant Cost: Most expensive body contouring option
- Best Health Required: Must be in optimal physical condition
- Patient Compliance: Success depends on following all post-op instructions
- Long-Term Commitment: Must maintain results through lifestyle
Frequently Asked Questions
Once you’ve paid a 30% deposit and have secured your surgery date. We recommend paying your outstanding balance as soon as possible so you can receive your surgery itinerary. But if you’re unable to pay straight away - we need it paid latest 30 days before your scheduled surgery date.
We ask that you pay 30% of your total invoice.
Receipts for payment do not happen automatically. A member of our team waits for the payment to hit banking and then have it feed to our accounting system. Generally this can take 2-4 days once you have sent your payment.
We always recommend having a credit card on hand or at least a debit mastercard or visa.
Also make sure you notify your bank you are going overseas. You can do this either via online banking, in branch or calling your bank directly. AMEX doesn’t require this.
Only breakfast is included but you can eat like a King in Thailand with some of the best restaurants in the world. Also feel is very affordable.
We do recommend you bring a protein powder and greens powder (any brand) with something like spirulina or wheat grass in it. This is because after surgery clients are generally not hungry and can become quite nauseous
Yes, you can. We accept all major credit cards however you’ll incur a 3% transaction fee. If you wish to pay via credit card we will send you a payment link.
Cancellation with 30 or more days’ notice: Cancellation before 30 days will incur an AUD 3000 cancellation fee.
Cancellation within 29 days or less: All surgery packages canceled less than 30 days before the scheduled surgery date will lose 30% of their total invoice price
Cancellation within 7 days: Cost of surgery is forfeited unless Azurite Package is rescheduled
Cancellation on the day of surgery: The cost of surgery is forfeited unless Azurite Package is rescheduled within the travel time window (departure flight window).
If a client decides to not proceed with a scheduled surgery during their stay in Thailand or another Azurite location, they will incur an additional hospital package fee if they choose to proceed with the surgery at a later date.
There are no refunds on surgeries that you choose not to proceed with if you are on a multi-surgery package due to the discount given.
Refunds will be given for medical reasons that are not pre existing.
Yes, you can bring one companion for free as your support person. However, to avoid additional charges generally the companion stays with you on the sofa bed at hospital. If your companion does not want to stay at hospital you will be invoiced additional nights to keep your hotel reservation while at hospital. Current rate is 150 AUD (but is subject to change)
At Azurite we use a select team of ISAPS accredited plastic and reconstructive surgeons and have made the decision to not be associated with a surgeon name, and results only. Full details of surgeon will be provided upon deposit payment made.
Yes, all of our packages include accommodation at our partner hotel the Chatrium Residence Sathorn. As a One Bedroom Deluxe Suite. If you require an additional room or a two bedroom you’ll be invoiced an upgrade fee.
