Body Contouring After Major Weight Loss: Enhancing Your Appearance - Dr Gary Motykie

After achieving significant weight loss, whether through surgery or lifestyle changes, many individuals are left with excess skin and sagging tissue that detracts from their newfound health and vitality. Body contouring surgery offers a solution to this issue by improving the shape and tone of the underlying tissue, removing surplus fat, and eliminating loose skin.

Common Areas of Concern:

• Upper Arms: Sagging and fullness in the upper arms.
• Breasts: Flattening and drooping, often with nipples pointing downward.
• Abdominal Area: Excess skin extending around the sides and lower back, resembling an apron.
• Buttocks, Groin, and Thighs: Sagging skin and pockets of fat in these areas.

Benefits of Surgical Body Contouring:

Body contouring surgery not only enhances the appearance of the body but also provides smoother contours, bringing a sense of completion to the weight loss journey.

Is It Right for Me?

Before considering body contouring surgery, it's essential for your weight loss to have stabilized. Continuing to lose weight may result in the recurrence of sagging pockets, while rapid weight regain can stress already weakened skin, leading to visible stretch marks and wide scars.

Good Candidates for Body Contouring:

• Adults of any age with stable weight loss.
• Healthy individuals without medical conditions that may impair healing.
• Non-smokers.
• Those with realistic expectations and a positive outlook.
• Individuals committed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle through proper nutrition and fitness.

If you've undergone weight reduction surgery, your plastic surgeon will collaborate with your physician to determine the optimal timing for body contouring.