Thursday, September 9th, 2010
After you have lost a lot of weight, your body needs to catch up with the new you that has emerged. Sometimes people lose weight through years of vigilant diet and exercise and sometimes they lose weight from surgeries such as liposuction, stomach stapling, and gastro-bypasses. Regardless of how the weight is lost, people often emerge from weight loss with thinner bodies that have new needs. Often the skin will have been stretched out due to the extra weight it had to cover. When the weight is lost, the skin may not return to its original suppleness or elasticity. In this case, you may want to consider a body lift to help rid yourself of extra skin.
A body lift is similar to a tummy tuck but it is conducted on other areas of the body such as the thighs, hips, and buttocks. An incision is made, excess skin is removed, and the area is reconstructed accordingly. This procedure dramatically rejuvenates the entire body and it is becoming more and more popular as doctors gain experience in conducting it. New technologies in plastic surgery also help to make this procedure more pervasive, safer, and more effective.
If you have recently lost a lot of weight for any reason, and if you are a non-smoker with no other health risks, you may be a good candidate for a body lift. A consultation with a doctor will give you more information on the risks and advantages of a body lift procedure. The doctor will explain the procedure to you so you feel comfortable with the process you will undergo. Sometimes other plastic surgery procedures are combined with a body lift, such as liposuction, in order to maximize the results.
There is a rather specific healing period following a body lift procedure, so you will want to make sure you can fit the recovery time into your life. You will need to stay in bed for five to seven days at least while the wounds from the surgery heal, and you will need to minimize your activity for several days after that so you don’t tear apart the incision stitches. People who work at desks can probably go back to work in two or three weeks. It will take longer, up to six weeks or more, for people who have active jobs to be able to work. Pain medication is prescribed to help you deal with the discomfort. Once the wounds heal, however, you will be able to resume your normal daily activities.
If you are interested in a body lift contact my office in Salt Lake City, Utah to learn more about how you could benefit from a procedure of plastic surgery.
Tags: Body Lift, Liposuction, Thigh Lift, tummy tuck, Weight Loss Surgery
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
Tummy tuck often help women achieve the body they want after pregnancy and childbirth take their toll on a woman’s body, and after the baby, women often find that the skin on their stomachs won’t respond or return to normal even after the loss of so-called baby weight. Sometimes, when a woman has lost a lot of weight very quickly, the skin and abdominal muscles have stretched out and they don’t retract back to their original elasticity. This results in flabby, loose skin at the base of the belly. Many women find this extra skin very difficult to live with, and they decide to investigate the procedure of a tummy tuck, which is also known by the name abdominoplasty.
Sometimes, women may want to consider getting liposuction during the tummy tuck. This would be because the incision will already have been made and the results of the surgery will often be much better if all of the stubborn fat deposits have been removed from the body prior to the tuck. Liposuction can help achieve maximum results. The degree of the stretching in the skin and the abdominal wall of the patient will determine the degree of the incision and the removal. Sometimes women can just have a small procedure executed on their lower belly only. This kind of miniature tummy tuck is a little gentler on the body because the incision is smaller.
While a tummy tuck should not serve as a replacement for a healthy weight loss and diet program, sometimes this procedure can help to fill in where weight loss and exercise have proved in effective. Also, if you are prone to gaining and losing a lot of weight at different times in your life, you may not be a good candidate for a tummy tuck. You want to make sure you are at a stable weight that you intend to maintain before the procedure because the gains made through the procedure can easily be reduced or even eliminated if you immediately gain weight again after your tummy tuck. For this reason, women who plan to have more children and go through more pregnancies should wait until after they are finished bearing children to have their tummy tuck in Salt Lake City.
You should also not expect that your tummy tuck will permanently erase stretch marks, but sometimes these marks can be improved if they happen to be on areas of the body that will be removed or altered during the tummy tuck. While any surgery carries risks, many women have had successful tummy tuck procedures with positive results. Their stories are an inspiration to women who would like to achieve the best body they can regardless of their current circumstances. The best body results at times include other procedures like breast lift.
To find out if a tummy tuck is right for you, contact our office today to schedule a consultation.
Tags: abdominoplasty, breast lift, Surgery after massive weight loss, tummy tuck, weight loss
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