Your Post Bariatric Surgery Body
Bariatric weight loss surgery (gastric bypass) has enabled patients to lose copious amounts of weight, offering them a new lease on life. However, this dramatic weight loss can leave excessive amounts of unsightly, loose skin on the body. Loose skin can be exceptionally embarrassing, can limit clothing choices, and can even be disruptive to one’s normal activities and movements.
The solution for patients seeking to remove excess skin and fat, as well as increasing the laxity in their skin, is a body lift. The body lift procedure involves several techniques aimed at lifting, tightening and contouring the body. The procedures involved can include: liposuction, tummy tuck, arm lift, thigh lift, buttock lift, and breast lift and/or augmentation. Excess skin and fat can therefore be removed from areas including the arms, thighs, abdomen, and buttocks. The ideal candidate for the body lift procedure has lost significant amounts of weight and is left with loose sagging skin and some fat.
The body lift procedure can transform not only a patient’s figure but also their confidence. The loose skin that is removed by a body lift can be extremely restrictive to one’s life, appearance notwithstanding. Many patients, no matter the weight loss method, suffer from an excess amount of loose skin. They may feel uncomfortable partaking in certain activities, find themselves dressing to hide the problem, or experience painful rashes. The body lift procedure can have a tremendous effect on all areas of patient’s lives; allowing them a chance to fully enjoy the accomplishment of such considerable weight loss, as well as appreciating their new shape.
August 19 2009 10:43 am | body lift
