Bay Area Body Lift doctors

	Vincent D. Lepore, MD San Jose Plastic Surgeon 2581 Samaritan Drive Suite 102, San Jose		3 answers
	Steven H. Williams, MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 4000 Dublin Blvd Suite 300, Dublin		3 answers
	George Commons, MD Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon 1515 El Camino Real Suite C, Palo Alto		2 answers
	Kenneth Bermudez, MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 525 Spruce St Suite 2, San Francisco		2 answers
	Larry Fan, MD San Francisco Plastic Surgeon 77 Van Ness Avenue Suite 302, San Francisco		1 answer

Recent Answers

How Do I Find the Money for my Surgery? my insurance won't cover cosmetic surgery, where can I find the money to do the rest of the surgeries to remove extra skin from weight loss?

A: Affording surgery after weight loss

Thanks for your question -

It is very common for patients to feel frustrated with their appearance after being successful losing weight. You're healthier, feel better but many patients feel they look worse. What can be even harder for patients is after all the hard work insurance companies almost universally do not cover more than surgery to remove hanging abdominal skin.

There are several credit possibilities for financing plastic surgery. Always make sure you're making careful financial decisions. Sometimes the best thing is to wait until better financial times.

I hope this helps!

Steven H. Williams, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

What is a Body Lift What exactly is a body lift? Am I a good candidate if I just lost 100 lbs and am dealing with lose and hanging skin? I am trying to find out if it is a lot different than a tummy tuck.

A: What is a body lift?

Thanks for your question -

In our San Francisco area practice we perform body lift procedures frequently. A body lift includes an abdominoplasty (resection of skin and fat from the abdomen and tightening of the abdominal wall muscles). But there is additional tissue resected from the flanks and and the back. It typically requires more drains and a longer recovery.

If you've lost significant weight it may be the most effective way to completely transform the way your body looks.

Steven H. Williams, MD

San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Can a Full Body Lift Be Done in Seperate Surgeries Instead of One? I recently went to get a consultation from a plastic surgeon and he informed for the best to get most benefit would be to get an upper and lower lift, a circumferentual body lipectomy.

A: Staging a body lift.

Should a body lift be one surgery or multiple. MULTIPLE usually. Certainly if a member of my family had a body lift I would want it staged. Long involved surgeries come with MORE complications. Be smart and go the staging route. Pain control is also much better. Dr George Commons, MD

George Commons, MD

Palo Alto Plastic Surgeon