Excessive weight gain and loss dramatically alters the elasticity of the skin. Whether your weight fluctuation is the result of gastric bypass surgery or dietary changes, sometimes skin cannot conform to your new body size. Hanging skin can be corrected through body contouring surgery.
The goal of body contouring surgery is a smooth, symmetrical and proportionately balanced result. Uplifting your body, as well as your spirits, may be the answer to improving your appearance and health.
Dr. Johnson can advise you of the body lift options available to you.
A body lift, also known as a belt lipectomy, is a procedure to raise and reshape unsightly, sagging body contours. During the aging process, skin loses some elasticity, causing the mid-section to lose its natural shape and firmness. This procedure is designed to remove loose skin and related fat deposits, thus, providing a more youthful appearance. A body lift can be applied to the lower torso and upper legs including the abdomen, waist, inner/outer thighs, buttocks, and/or hips. Liposuction may also be completed in conjunction with a body lift.
Reasons for Considering a Body Lift:
* Reshape mid-body contour.
* Correct sagging skin and fat due to aging or excessive weight loss.
* Remedy weight gain and stretched skin caused by multiple pregnancies.
General Procedure
The precise procedure varies with each patient, depending on the body type and desired surgical outcome. Generally speaking, the body lift procedure entails making an incision that follows the upper and/or inner thigh, to the waistline. In more extensive surgeries, the incision goes completely around the waist and lower back. Adjustments to the buttocks and thighs require an incision at the crease of the buttocks. Excess skin is then removed, followed by the underlying fat deposits. Finally, the skin is pulled taught and sutured into the new configuration. The entire procedure can last from 3 to 7 hours. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia.
Recovery Process
Generally, post-operative instructions require plenty of rest and limited movement in order to speed up the healing process and recovery time. Bandages are applied right after surgery to minimize swelling and provide support. Tubes are often placed to drain excess fluids. The scars resulting from the incisions are permanent but are carefully placed so as to minimize visibility. Patients sometimes report minor pain associated with surgery which can be treated with oral medication. Recovery time varies with the extent of the procedure. While complications are rare, patients can minimize potential problems by carefully following the directions that are given after the surgery.
Life is beautiful and sometimes to enjoy if fully, you may want to consider plastic surgery in Chicago Illinois. Every individual is unique, and our goal is to evaluate your individual needs, and choose the best method for you. We invite you to learn more about cosmetic surgery procedures.
Our aim is not only to help maintain youth or enhance beauty, but to enrich each individual's life and self-esteem through plastic surgery in Chicago. Contact our office to arrange for your personal, confidential consultation.
BREAST AUGMENTATION
Whether you seek a breast augmentation, lift or reduction, Dr. Johnson has years of experience and hundreds of satisfied patients. Dr. Johnson can provide you with the result you would like, carefully matched to your unique shape.
FACIAL REJUVENATION
Appearance matters deeply in providing joy and success in life. Dr. Johnson's artistic skills will help recreate the perfect you. Our Center stresses individuality to blend facelift, eyelid rejuvenation or nasal shaping to bring out the most beautiful you.
BODY CONTOURING
Sculpture in its truest sense, Dr. Johnson and the Center for Aesthetic Surgery can provide the look that nature did not through techniques of liposuction, tummy tuck, or body lift. We can repair the stresses of pregnancy or weight loss. You should be a work of art.
Calf augmentation is a cosmetic surgery procedure designed to enhance the appearance of the calves, enlarge them, and to make them more proportional in size and shape to the rest of the lower extremity and body. In this procedure calf implants of a variety of shapes, sizes, and contours, are inserted over the existing calf muscles - Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles - to achieve fuller and shapelier calves.
Most people want their calves to look natural, full, and curvaceous. In many men, the overwhelming emphasis is to augment the size and bulk of the calves in order to make them look as if you have worked out.
If you are considering calf implants in Phoenix Arizona contact cosmetic surgeon Robert Marouk. Body contouring procedures offered at the Cosmetic Surgical Art Center in Phoenix Arizona include liposuction, tummy tuck surgery, body lift surgery, and butt implants.
Dr. David Sayah is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Beverly Hills California with a cutting edge boutique approach towards patient care. His philosophy towards attaining a more beautiful and youthful life is a complete one involving diet, exercise, preventive healthcare and skincare as highlighted in the Health Continuum section.
Centre Épiderme, his medical skincare spa, is located at the Frédéric Fekkai Salon in Beverly Hills, Ca. Through the non-surgical procedures performed at Centre Épiderme, you can enjoy a more youthful appearance without the downtime associated with surgery.
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Face
- Endoscopic Browlift
- Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
- Facelift
- Fat Injection
- Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty)
- Ear Surgery (Otoplasty)
- Chin Implant (Augmentation)
- Neck Recontouring (Cervicoplasty)
- Chemical Peel
- BOTOX® Cosmetic
- Restylane® / Collagen Injection
Arms
- Arm Lift / Reduction
- Fat Injection
- Liposuction / sculpture
Breast
- Breast Augmentation (Implant)
- Breast Implant Removal
- Breast Lift
- Breast Reduction
- Breast Reconstruction
Trunk
- Body Lift
- Liposuction / sculpture
- Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
Legs
- Liposuction / sculpture
- Thigh Lift
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