Many patients, particularly those that have lost a great deal of weight as the result of bariatric surgery, are dissatisfied with their results after undergoing a tummy tuck or thigh lift.
Though the surgery itself may have been a success, they are left with excess, sagging skin on adjacent areas that have not been addressed.
This leaves an overall "unfinished" look to their body and is short of the results they'd hoped for.
A Lower Body Lift avoids this issue by lifting all the excess tissue in the abdomen, groin, buttocks and outer thighs and thus sculpting the entire lower body to create a new and improved form.
A Lower Body lift has several components: 1.
Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) combined with Monsplasty (to lift and smooth the groin) 2.
Outer Thigh Lift often combined with Liposuction 3.
Buttock Lift with Autologous Buttock Augmentation By combining procedures and customizing them to the patient, the surgeon can sculpt the entire area to achieve a better result and save the patient from the risks and financial costs of repeated surgery and anesthesia.
Generally, surgery takes from 4 to 5 hours and involves a hospital stay of one to two days.
Depending on the individual patient's health, size and other concerns a Lower Body Lift can be combined with some other procedures on the breasts or arms.
Recovery usually takes between three and four weeks.
In the right patient, Lower Body Lift is a transformative experience, completely changing your shape and enhancing your figure.
An experienced plastic surgeon with extensive knowledge is absolutely necessary, Generally this should be a plastic surgeon who has worked with a large number of massive weight loss patients and understands their cares and concerns.