Body Lift After Weight Loss

What should you know about a body lift after weight loss? What happens during the first consultation?

As a consequence of losing weight, you will be satisfied with your body shape, but even so the skin might sag. Losing weight leaves different marks on a body, so it differs from person to person what kind of correction is necessary after a huge weight loss. As body lift afer weight loss is a complex procedure, the first consultation is very important.

During this consultation our plastic surgeon provides you personalized medical advice as to which areas should be involved in the corrective surgery. He explains to you the course of the body lift, the risk factors, and shows you where your incisions will be located after the operation. At the consultation you have the chance to see the reference photos of the plastic surgeon.

Preparing for the body lift after weight loss

Before the body lift you must go for a complete medical check-up. The reason for this is to find out whether you have any health problems that could have an influence on the body lift. All preliminary examinations are made at our Plastic Surgery Institute, saving you the pains of queuing and waiting in other health centers. In the course of the examination laboratory tests and as occasion requires, other examinations (ECG, X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, etc.) are performed on the basis of the suggestion of the surgeon.

In certain cases we advise our patients to change their lifestyle in the days preceding the body lift. To facilitate proper recovery, it is important that you do not smoke, because nicotine slows down the processes of regeneration and harmfully influences the healing of the wound. In the days before the body lift you should eat light food, drink lots of fluids and take some vitamins (vitamin C, selenium, zinc, etc.). Two weeks before the body lift you should avoid the use of aspirin, ginko biloba and other naturopathic products.

The body lift after weight loss

The body lift after weight loss is made up of several steps, and the part of the group operation called combined surgery. Depending on the number and type of plastic surgery procedures, the body lift takes 3-6 hours. The plastic surgery is performed in general anesthesia. In the course of the body lift surgery the plastic surgeon removes the superfluous skin and adipose tissue from the abdominal, breast, arm and thigh area. Depending on the personalized medical opinion of the plastic surgeon, body lift afer weight loss may invove breast and chest surgery and abdominoplasty, and perhaps also arm and thigh lift as well as liposuction.

The techniques of the body lift after weight loss

The technique of the operation means the choice and localization of the necessary incisions. All body lift surgeries differ from each other, because of the personal genetic givens. In the course of the body lift the incisions are started on the back side of the trunk and continue at the armpit with the removing of the superfluous skin and adipose tissue. The last step is the correction of the front side of the trunk. For women the new form of the breast is made by breast lift. In case the volume of the gland stock is sufficient, the breast lift is carried out without the insertion of an implant. In case of a small-scale breast correction a vertical, also known as short, technique is applied which consists of a circular and a short vertical incision. In case of a more significant correction we apply the so-called reverse T incision, where besides the circular and short incision a crosswise incision is also made underneath the breast in the breast fold.

For men, in the course of the body lift the plastic surgeon forms the shape of the chest, and the trunk with the removal of the adipose tissue and gland stocks, excision of the superfluous skin. If it is necessary the body lift will be combined with the correction of the thigh’s or arm’s area. In these cases, the applied surgical techniques are the same detailed below each plastic surgery description. The plastic surgeon puts drain tube in the wounds at the end of the body lift, which leads away the excretion of the surgery.

Recovery and risks of the body lift after huge weight loss

In our Plastic Surgery Institute we aim to make the period after the body lift as convenient as possible for you. In order to do this, a waterproof bandage is placed on the wounds, so you can even have a shower at home. After the body lift you must spend two nights at our Plastic Surgery Institute. To achieve the perfect result and look we work with self-absorbing stitches, this way the scars heal a lot more aesthetically and we save you the possible inconveniences of the stitch removal. The plastic surgeon puts drain tubes on the chest for 48 hours and on the upper back for 5 days. The pain caused by the plastic procedure(s), the temporary insensitivity of the skin, swelling and bruising disappears in 3 weeks after the body lift. On the first week (1st-8th day) you will need to arrange for some help with your daily activities. After the body lift you must wear a special compression garment for 8 weeks. Our institute provides you with these items of clothing.

In the first 2 weeks of the recovery all demanding physical activities must be avoided. After 2 weeks you can gradually return to your previous lifestyle. After three weeks you can start to do light exercises. Sunbathing, the use of solarium and sauna must be avoided for 2 months. After the body lift you have to attend control examinations on the 7th and 14th day, and the 6th and 12th week. The recovery time of the outer scars is 6 months, while the inner scars heal completely in 2 years. To facilitate the healing of the wound it is advisable to use scar creams.

Before the surgery we aim to filter out the possible risk factors with preliminary examinations, but even so unpredictable complications may occur. Body lift surgeries count as routine plastic surgery procedures and the chance for the occurrence of complications is extremely slight, but it cannot be excluded. Such complications can be the following: oedema, serous oedema, the formation of a keloid scar, temporary alteration regarding the sensitivity of the affected area.

The results of the body lift after weight loss

Have you ever imagine yourself with perfect body shape? Without elongated skin, or any rolls of fat? With the help of the body lift you will need no more imagination, just look in the mirror and you will see the results!

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