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 Congratulations on successfully losing weight! At the Women’s Plastic Surgery Centre, we understand how hard you have worked to get that weight off, and we applaud you!
We also understand the desire a patient has to reclaim the figure he or she had prior to weight gain. Dr. Butterfield has special expertise in the procedures that contour the body after major weight loss. She also understands that even after losing massive amounts of weight, you still may not feel “thin”, because of all of the excess skin that is left after the weight loss.
Body contouring procedures reduce the excess skin that is left behind after major weight loss. Many patients don’t understand why the skin doesn’t just recoil after the weight loss. This is because the skin has become damaged with weight gain and has lost its elasticity.
This sagging skin commonly develops around the face, neck, upper arms, breast, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs and can make your body contour appear irregular and mis-shapen. If you have undergone dramatic weight loss either through diet and exercise or bariatric surgery, and you are at your optimum weight loss goal, you may be a good candidate for body contouring procedures.
The success of body contouring, whether it is done to reduce, enlarge or lift, is influenced by your age and by the size, shape and skin tone of the area to be treated. Some contouring procedures leave only small, inconspicuous scars. More noticeable scars may result when surgical removal of fat and skin is necessary to achieve your desired result. Most patients find these scars acceptable and enjoy greater self-confidence when wearing a bathing suit or form-fitting clothes.
It is not uncommon, depending on individual patient factors, the extent of surgery needed and surgeon preference, for massive weight loss patients to have multiple operations performed in stages. In such cases, the waiting period between surgeries ranges from weeks to several months or longer.
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