How Many Body Parts Are "Lifted" During a Body Lift Procedure?

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Latest answer by C. Bob Basu, MD
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Tags: sagging, weight loss, lift, quantity, recommendation, skin laxity

For someone who has lost a lot of weight and has sagging skin, what are the typical areas that are lifted during a body lift?

10 answers to How Many Body Parts Are "Lifted" During a Body Lift Procedure?

Body Lift After Massive Weight Loss

Body Lifts are valuable for people that have lots of excess skin after successfully losing weight. Every proceedure should be individually tailored to try to get the most benefit from the surgery. For the majority of patients the trunk has the most notable skin excess. A lower body lift combines a tummy tuck with removal of excess along the hips and buttocks. One of the benefits of this type of surgery is that adjacent areas such as the thighs and upper back may... more

Mary Lee Peters, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

www.maryleepetersmd.com

What is a body lift?

Great question. I've seen the terms body lift, lower body lift, belt lipectomy, circumferential body lift... Usually, for my patients who have lost a significant amount of weight, my first line of attack is a circumferential body lift = belt lipectomy = lower body lift. This procedure is 3 procedures all in one: 1. tummy tuck 2. waist/lateral thigh lift 3. buttock lift +/- buttock augmentation This procedure requires 4.5-6.5 hrs of surgery and requires an overnight stay... more

C. Bob Basu, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.basuplasticsurgery.com

Depends on if you need "upper body lift" or "lower body lift"

In my practice a lower body lift includes the buttock with auto-augmentation using the patients tissues, lateral thigh lift, a mons lift and an abdominoplasty. In an upper body lift procedure typically included: the breasts, the underarm area and arms. Rarely a patient will require a lifting procedure in the upper back as well.

William Franckle, MD
Voorhees Plastic Surgeon

Body Lifting

An experienced plastic surgeon will give you an idea of what you are a good candidate for after he/she examines you. Usually, a "body lift" is for patients who have had significant weight loss and loose skin and tissue remain. Some of the procedures that can be performed are Tummy tuck surgery (for the excess skin around the abdominal area), arm lifting, thigh lifting, breast lifting, extended tummy tuck (that goes into the back area to take care of loose, saggy skin... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

What body parts are lifted with a body lift.

Every person is different. the usual spots are arms, tummy, thighs, buttocks, breasts, neck. a lower body lift, lifts, the buttocks, outer thighs, and either tightens the tummy or the inner thighs. I try to stage things together to save money for the patient and also to save recovery down time from work. the hospital front loads charges, so that longer procedures costs less per hour. I also team with assistant plastic surgeons to help get multiple procedures done on the same day and keep... more

Rick Rosen, MD
Norwalk Plastic Surgeon

What is included in a "body lift"?

The term "body lift" typically refers to a lower body lift and includes an abdominoplasty (a.k.a. tummy tuck), a lateral thigh lift, and a buttock lift. This is an extensive procedure and removes all of the excess skin and fat from the lower trunk (or lower body) area. I would recommend you have a consultation with a plastic surgeon who is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

M. Keith Hanna, MD
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

What does a "Body Lift" lift?

When people discuss a "body lift" today, they are typically talking about an operation that Dr. Lockwood described called the "lower body lift type II". He told me, personally, that it should be a tummy tuck, an outer thigh lift, and a buttock lift all performed at the same time. He reasoned that we should "treat the entire torso as one aesthetic unit", and i believe he was right about that. There is a little bit of history that many plastic... more

Thomas P. Sterry, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Parts Lifted In Body Lift

I suppose that the answer to your question is somewhat dependent on one's definition of a body lift when can vary among different plastic surgeons. My definition of a body lift or lower body lift is a procedure which involves extending the incision for a high lateral tension abdominoplasty all around the circumference of the waist. This will result in improving or lifting the buttocks, lateral thighs, and back, as well as the abdomen. This is a big and time-consuming... more

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

It depends

When you go in for your consultation your surgeon will ask you what your main issues are. We can lift abdomens, thighs, buttocks, arms, and breasts. You will need to set priorities as to what bothers you the most and in what order you would like to proceed. This will depend upon your overall health, what the physician thinks would be safe in one setting and how much you are ready to spend over what period of time. Hope this helps, Dr T

Scott Tucker, MD
Winston Salem Plastic Surgeon

Lower body lift is an substantial procedure

The lower body lift has the potential to lift and improve the appearance of the mons, abdomen, flanks, thighs and buttocks. There are a variety of types of lower bodty lift procedures. Seek out an experienced plastic surgeon in your area for recommendations.