A LOWER BODY LIFT = Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) + LATERAL Thigh Lift (x 2) + Buttock lift.
Liposuction removes fat. It does not (despite all the hype out there) shrink skin significantly.
In areas of the body where the skin is not really anchored to the underlying muscles (such as the inner thighs), the removal of the fat UNCOVERS the skin laxity which was there. Since the resulting deflation after fat removal is not accompanied by the skin being pulled against the muscle, the skin hangs down.
The skin looseness on the OUTSIDE (=Lateral) aspect of the thighs WILL BE smoothed with a Lower Body Lift. Skin Looseness of the Inner thighs will require an INNER THIGH LIFT operation.
The price of smoother skin and a more attractive figure is surgical hemlines (scars) along the zones where the skin was lifted and tightened.
For a more informative answer - please read my web page at http://www.cosmeticsurgeryspecialists.org/afterweightlossshaping.html
Peter A Aldea, MD
