Body & Thigh Lifts Before & After Photo Gallery

The problematic loose skin that remains after major weight-loss has been termed Cutis Pleonasmus. It is a unique collecion of deformities, and often requires lower body lift for remediation.

The problematic loose skin that remains after major weight-loss has been termed Cutis Pleonasmus. It is a unique collecion of deformities, and often requires lower body lift for remediation.

Body Lift With Gynecomastia Correction Before

Body Lift With Gynecomastia Correction After

Good result after massive weight-loss

A combination procedure produced beautiful results for this patient. An over-night stay in hospital, and a week or two of low activity should be anticipated.

Body Contour Surgery-Single Stage Before

This patient underwent surgery in preparation for a career as a police officer.

Combination Cosmetic Body Contour Surgery Before

Combination Cosmetic Body Contour Surgery After

Increased risks of wound complications (fluid collection, infection) and systemic complications (pulmonary embolism etc.) must be carefully considered, but for well-motivated patients a combination procedure is a very efficient approach to huge improvements.

Scar placement can be modified to allow more thorough correction of body contour deformities.

We begin these procedures by excising the excess tissue on the back, then close the wounds and reposition the patient on a second operating table to complete the procedure.

Combination Medial Thigh Lift & Abdominoplasty Before

Combination Medial Thigh Lift & Abdominoplasty After

Liposuction alone would leave loose skin for this patient, so we also performed a thigh lift. This procedure requires that the dense fibrous tissue of the thigh be firmly attached to the pubic periosteum, so that the tension does pull labial skin onto the thigh. Her abominoplasty had been performed several weeks earlier to allow for safe recovery without complications.

Creating a flat tummy through tummy tuck can sometimes accentuate excess fat and skin elsewhere. Combining liposuction with tummy tuck is always a consideration, and we help our patients decide if it is the best option for them.

Stretch marks arise because the skin is under stretch by rapid weight gain, and tears within the dermis. The red marks typically fade within a year. People who get stretch marks generally do no develop bad scars from surgery, because their skin is 'lazy' and doesn't react as vigorously to the surgery. What this means is that people who get stretch marks are more likely to benefit from body contour surgery.

At your consultation you should ask to see average results (and bad results) as well as spectacular results, so that you can appreciate the spectrum of results that are possible.

Provided there is substantial extra skin to remove, body lift surgery can provide results in which the scar is a very good trade for the dramatic improvement in contour.

Before Body Contour Surgery When Overweight

After Body Contour Surgery When Overweight

Body contour surgery is best done when you are at a stable body weight, but it need not be at an ' ideal weight'. Indeed, some patients do lose significant weight after their surgery becasue they are motivated be the results of surgery, and we have not yet needed to repeat surgery because of laxity from weight-loss.

Sagging buttock skin can be removed through the crease under the buttock, and the scar is hidden in the natural fold under the buttocks.

When patients have massive loose skin after weight-loss (cutis pleonasmus), an excision that extends around the circumference of the patient is often indicated.

It was tempting to try liposuction in this patient, but the excess skin was likely to reman a problem and so a thigh lift was performed to good effect.

Liposuction & Cohesive Gel Breast Augmentation Before

Liposuction & Cohesive Gel Breast Augmentation After

Rather than do a full tummy tuck, we corrected abdominal contour in this patient by lower abdominoplasty, and liposuction with a breast augmentation for the upper abdomen. The large implants recruited the skin from the upper adomen to avoid loose abdominal skin. Each patient is approached as a unique problem to obtain the best possible result.

A vertical wedge was incorporated into the abdominoplasty (fleur de lis technique) as there was already a large scar present.

Body & Thigh Lifts Photo Gallery