Chicago Thigh Lift doctors
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
880 W Central Rd Suite 3100, Arlington Heights |
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Karol A. Gutowski, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Northbrook |
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Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Barrington Plastic Surgeon
1602 Colonial Parkway, Inverness |
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Laurie Casas, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
2050 Pfingsten Road Suite 270, Glenview |
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Robert Frank, MD
Munster Plastic Surgeon
929 Ridge Road Suite 6, Munster |
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Recent Answers
I have a couple of questions.
Do the inner anchoring stitches take longer to heal than the dissolving outer ones?
Why do incisions blow apart/separate on TL and what are the usual methods of healing and how long can that take?
Thanks.
Depending on the surgeon, deep anchoring sutures for a thigh lift are usually very strong absorbable sutures or permanent sutures. If they are the dissolving kind, it can take 1-2 years for those sutures to dissolve. They have to be strong enough to hold the tension while everything heals over the course of a few months. If they are permanent, they will always be there.
The scars have a tendency to widen with a thigh lift because there is always alot of tension on them, from sitting/standing/etc. It is one of the downsides of the thigh lift - the incisions do not always heal as well as we would like. I hope this helps.
Is it possible to undergo a high lateral tension tummy tuck and a medial thigh lift with only a vertical incision at the same time. A surgeon advised me that both could be performed together as there would not be an incision in the groin that would oppose the pulling of the tummy tuck suturing. Will a horizontal lift with no vertical lift (i.e groin incision) address my loose thigh problem?
A tummy tuck (or body lift) can be done with a vertical thigh lift (even if an extension into the groin crease is needed).
Is it possible to undergo a high lateral tension tummy tuck and a medial thigh lift with only a vertical incision at the same time. A surgeon advised me that both could be performed together as there would not be an incision in the groin that would oppose the pulling of the tummy tuck suturing. Will a horizontal lift with no vertical lift (i.e groin incision) address my loose thigh problem?
High lateral tension abdominoplasty technique will lift the medial thigh and groin and superior anterior thigh to a very slight degree.
