Body Contouring Takes Shape

After a massive weight loss surgical procedure, the skin may not bounce back and shrink as quickly or as well as it once did in youth. It took several years or decades for your skin to expand, but after surgery you've witnessed tremendous weight loss from your arms, waistline, and legs just not your skin. The skin looses elasticity, and collagen production slows as we age. Therefore, results are either very slow coming or not going to come to the degree or body part we'd hoped. Body contouring utilizes multiple plastic surgery processes in order to remove excess skin and the attached fat layer, to help complete your new body with smoother, taut arms, abs, back, and buttocks.

Body contouring can remove several pounds of the past from the start of your new more active life. This surgical process is just that. Through a series of surgeries similar to the tummy tuck, excess skin and attached fat are removed and the remaining skin is repositioned in order to provide a sleeker tone to your body shape. This includes several surgeries to separate parts of the body, their unique concerns, and circumstances. Some patients may only complain about a roll of excess skin round their abdomen and loose arms after massive weight loss. However, many other patients dealing with loose skin over several portions of their body, including a pendulous pouch of skin over their lower abdomen are ready for a change. There are separate surgeries for each section of the body in order to implement the best education and training for optimum results.

In order to provide full body contouring your surgeon may begin by suggesting liposuction in several areas and then proceed to the benefits of the other possible surgeries. The upper body rejuvenation includes brachioplasty or an upper arm lift. Facial surgeries and breast reconstruction are not a part of the typical surgeries, but you may opt for a lift in a separate operation. For the midsection, your doctor may recommend either the belt lipectomy, a full or partial tummy tuck to the abdomen from hip to hip.

As far as the lower body, there are several surgical options to help your outer body match your weight loss surgery, exercise, diet, and new frame of mind. The thighoplasty sculpts the thighs, the gynecomastia reduction removes excess skin from one's genitalia, while the flankoplasty helps to lift and tighten the appearance of the buttocks area with the removal of loose skin as well. As with all extensive surgeries it takes several weeks to several months to properly heal. Therefore it is critical to continue one's diet path while performing light exercises during this time. In the end, it took several years to gain the weight and the self-image, but approximately a year to loose it all. Without the pounds of excess reminders around your limbs and mid-section, your new life can take shape.