Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss
Losing large amounts of weight can be a life-changing event. You become more mobile, you feel better, attitudes often improve, and you become much healthier. However, all that loss often results in extra skin that is no longer needed, and is more in the way than anything else. For many patients, the removal of excess skin is the last step to feeling a complete sense of fulfillment in their massive weight loss effort.
Skin removal and lifting can be done on several parts of the body and include procedures such as the breast lift, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), arm lift, and thigh or lower body lift. If needed, multiple procedures can be performed at the same time. Most of the time, the operations can be done as an outpatient procedure.
After removing the excess skin, a lift is often done in order to tighten the skin and improve the overall look. Lower body and thigh lifts involve excising skin around the waist and elevating, or pulling up, the skin.
Scarring is typically worse for these types of procedures due to the skin tightness afterward, resulting in wider scars. Risks and the potential for complications are similar to those for any surgical procedure, which include infections and wound-healing problems.
These are significant procedures, and can result in prolonged convalescence times.
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