Do People Get Body Lifts Sometimes from Aging and Volume Loss as Apposed to Weight Loss?

does the body need lifting like the face does to due to gravity? i find that older men at the beach dont seem to look like how they did when they were younger even with a " toned body". the skin seems to sag. even a little.does this happen to everyone? even if we have stayed the same weight? is it posible to have a tight body forever? and what would the age for a body lift be? and about facelifts. doctors say ageing is also volume loss. does ethnic skin need volume as they age?

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BODY LIFTS CAN HELP IMPROVE SAGGING SKIN CAUSED BY AGING, NOT JUST WEIGHT LOSS

Dear Perthboy: As the body ages the skin loses elasticity and, in a molecular level, the collagen changes. This results in less elasticity of the skin and thus, sagging. In addition there is typically loss of fat, further adding to the appearance of sagging and wasting. The body may need lifting due to gravity. Skin sag unfortunately happens to everyone whether they have weight loss or not. There is no magic age to have a body lift. It depends... more

Body Lifts: Not just for post-bariatric weight loss patients.

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Body lifts for aging or just for weight loss?

Of course people get body lifts to remove the excess of skin that makes the body to lose their shape and tone. Aging is universal, affects not just humans. And in our body the aging shows not just in the face and the neck, also the breast, arms, abdomen, etc. May factors are involve in the aging process, the sun damage on the skin, smoking, lack of exercise, excess of weight, losing weight, other diseases, etc. Ethnic skin also ages, not as fast as fair color skin, and in the aging... more