Explaining body contouring after major weight loss
Significant weight loss can change the life for the better. It can reverse obesity, as well as serious conditions such high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnoea and it can reduce the risk for heart disease and cancer. But once the weight comes off, many people are left to deal with another challenging problem: excess skin that sags. Loose skin can be very uncomfortable, cause chafing and skin infections, and may cause the patient to feel insecure.
Body contouring, also known as body sculpting, is a surgical procedure that removes the loose skin that is left after weight loss and improves the shape and tone of your body’s tissue.
Body contouring procedures may include:
- Arm lift when sagging of the arms is corrected
- Breast lift to correct saggy breast
- Tummy tuck when the excess tissue is removed, and the abdominal muscles are tightened
- Lower body lift to correct saggy abdomen’ lateral thighs and buttocks
- Medial thigh lift to correct inner thighs
- Facelift
You are a good candidate for skin removal surgery if you have achieved your ideal weight and it has been stable for 6-12 months, you are in good health and you don’t smoke, you have realistic expectations as perfect body is simply not possible, you understand extensive scarring may be required, you understand the risk factors.
The success of body contouring depends largely on your age and the size, shape and skin tone of the area to be treated. Your new, contoured body should be noticeable almost immediately, but it may take up to one or two years for the final results to be evident. Some visible scars will remain.
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