Banish loose skin through ‘Body Lift’

• Friday October 6, 2006 | Posted in: Plastic Surgery Procedures

  What it is like for a slender person being forced to wear a flabbier person’s clothing – possibly for the rest of his or her life?  Such is the ‘loose skin’ – an ugly condition ‘worn’ by people who have lost significant weight, either through diet and exercise, or with help from a gastric bypass procedure.  As the pounds disappear, their body shrinks while their skin retains its stretched-out size.

  Loose skin is ‘ill-fitting’ as it is disfiguring.  Even awful than the person’s previous obese state, loose skin can be prone to odors or rashes, causing even more embarrassment.  Individuals who had experienced significant weight loss should realize that their skin would not shrink in proportion to their bodies.     

  A cosmetic surgery technique called “Body Lift” addresses this problem.  There are expert plastic surgeons that specialize in “tailoring” loose skin to fit the leaner figure and healthier body underneath.       

  Although patients going through cosmetic enhancements are being introduced to least invasive treatments, Body Lift do sounds like a lot of surgery – indeed, surgical excision it is.  There is no way -- or at least no alternative technique yet has been developed -- to treat patients who has significantly stretched out and sagging skin. After all, the goal is to truly tailor and re-drape the skin for that ultimate lift.   

  To an anxious patient who may insists on having some laser tightening or liposuction instead.  The experts has this instruction:    
  

  Non-cutting skin tightening like laser treatment or Thermage is effective for mild skin laxity in the face and certain areas of the body, but not for the kind of skin looseness seen after significant weight loss.  

  Liposuction depends on skin that is already tight and elastic, which “snaps back into place” once fat is removed. Liposuction is ineffective on people with very loose skin, and can actually worsen their overall appearance.

  So Body Lift is the only way to a trimmer body.  The body lift surgical procedure removes the excess skin of the lower abdomen and lower back and buttocks.  Like an unwanted inner tube, the major incision is done circumferentially.  

  Simultaneously, the sagging skin of the buttocks and legs are hoisted up to provide a smoother, firmer appearance. If needed, excess skin of the inner thigh is removed as well.  All incisions are carefully placed so they may be hidden even under the skimpiest of swimsuits.

  To keep patients comfortable and asleep during the entire procedure, general anesthesia is administered.  Thanks heavens -- no suture removal is required since all stitches are dissolved under the skin.
     
  After surgery, a patient spends a day or more in an outpatient recovery center for monitoring.  To help to speed up recovery, there are dressings and temporary drains.  The patient is also required to wear compression garments. It may take a number of weeks before a patient can resume to full, normal activities.

  And however troublesome Body Lift may sound, at the end of the day, patients will be grateful to rid themselves of their excess baggy skin and gladly bid those baggy sweats goodbye.

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