Cosmetic Surgery after Weight Loss
Weight loss is an important step to regaining your health. Chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and arthritis can all be alleviated by maintaining a healthy weight and healthy lifestyle. There are many methods of weight loss, including diet and exercise, as well well as bariatric surgery. Support groups, likened to 12 step recovery groups play a vital role in the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle for the person who has lost weight.
Despite all of the important positives of weight loss, many people are left with hanging, excess skin that just will not go away with exercise. This can leave the a person who has done so well with improving their health feel slighted and even embarrassed because of the excess skin. Cosmetic surgery after weight loss helps to remove the excess skin and contour the areas of concern. Dr. Trussler offers cosmetic options from head to toe for the patient who has lost a significant amount of weight.
Inner Thigh Lift (Inner Thighplasty)
Inner thighplasty, commonly known as an inner thigh lift, is becoming increasingly popular for patients seeking body contouring after weight loss. Dr. Trussler has significant experience with inner thigh lift procedures which can be performed on men and women. An inner thigh lift is designed to remove excess skin and fat of the inner upper thigh.There are different lengths of incisions which can be applied for the individual’s extent of skin excess. Inner thighplasty is typically combined with liposuction to help circumferentially contour the thigh. The one to two hour procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia and may be combined with other body contouring procedures, including a lower body lift. Active scar care helps to reduce the inner thigh scars to thin lines placed along the inner thigh so that patients will feel comfortable in shorts and swim suits.
Mommy Makeovers
The term “mommy makeover” is a catch-all phrase for combining breast and abdominal cosmetic procedures that can help address the residual effects of pregnancy. There are multiple different options for each area and a mommy makeover is customized by Dr. Trussler to suit your individual goals. The procedures typically performed are a tummy tuck or mini tummy tuck, but in some women a body lift could be considered to correct outer thigh laxity combined with abreast lift with or without breast implants or just a breast augmentation alone. The advantage of a mommy makeover is that it corrects two areas in one surgical procedure with only one recovery.
Abdominal Options For A Mommy Makeover:
- Abdominoplasty
- Mini-abdominoplasty
- Extended Abdominoplasty (Body Lift)
- Liposuction
Breast Options For A Mommy Makeover:
- Breast Lift (mastopexy)
- Breast Lift with Breast Implants (mastopexy-augmentation)
- Breast Lift with Auto-augmentation
- Breast Augmentation
Outer Thigh Lift (Outer Thighplasty)
Outer thighplasty, commonly known as an outer thigh lift, is becoming increasingly popular for patients seeking body contouring after weight loss and pregnancy. Dr. Trussler has significant experience with outer thigh lift procedures which are typically performed in combination with a body lift. An outer thigh lift is designed to contour and smooth the outer thigh by removing excess skin and fat through an upper hip incision.There are different lengths of incisions which can be applied for the individual’s extent of skin excess. Outer thighplasty is typically combined with liposuction to help circumferentially contour the thigh. The one to two hour procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia and may be combined with other body contouring procedures, including a lower body lift. Active scar care helps to reduce the outer thigh scars to thin lines placed along the upper thigh so that patients will feel comfortable in shorts and swim suits.