Plastic Surgery Procedures After Massive Weight Loss – Cosmetic Surgery Information
Whether achieved through bariatric surgery or diet and exercise, losing a massive amount of weight is a remarkably challenging, but potentially life-saving, endeavor. Those who transform their bodies after being morbidly obese have every reason to be proud of themselves and to show off their new figures.
However, most people who experience massive weight loss discover that they are left with hanging folds of skin that do not conform to their new shape. This is the skin that once housed the fat that was lost and is not elastic enough to adjust to the body’s new contours. For many post-weight-loss patients, this hanging skin can be the source of as much self-consciousness as their excess weight once was.
Fortunately, plastic surgery offers a number of excellent options for people who have experienced massive weight loss. Excess skin on the arms, hips, thighs, and neck and around the waist can be removed and tightened to produce more aesthetically pleasing contours. If necessary the underlying musculature can be tightened, as well. Various lift procedures can be performed to target individual areas in need of refinement, including thigh lift, buttock lift, neck lift, and arm lift. Tummy tuck surgery (clinically known as abdominoplasty) is also an option, particularly for those with lax abdominal muscles. For those with isolated pockets of lingering fat, liposuction presents a potentially ideal solution.
Of course, cosmetic surgery addresses only the aesthetic aspects of life after massive weight loss. To maintain the health benefits of losing weight, patients must devote themselves to appropriate diet and exercise routines. It is important that the formerly obese do not become discouraged by their appearance after losing weight; the excess skin and isolated pockets of fat that remain after weight loss are common, if frustrating. To that end, cosmetic surgery may play a role in improving self-esteem which, in turn, may help a person commit to the lifestyle changes necessary to maintaining his or her health. Learn more about liposuction plastic surgery by visiting Dr. Rauscher in New Jersey.