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Will a Thigh and Buttocks Lift Improve Cellulite?
I am curious if a thigh and buttock lift would improve my cellulite. You can only really see the cellulite when I flex my rear end, so I'm thinking that pulling the skin tighter might make it look better? Please tell me what you think.
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Usually not. Cellulite is due to tight fibers from the...
Usually not. Cellulite is due to tight fibers from the subcutaneous fat layer to the skin. The skin may look slightly better by the pull, but a thigh/buttock lift lifts these tissues and removes redundant loose tissue from this area.
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Only if due to loose skin
If the "cellulite" as Dr. Aldea describes is due to loose or ptotic skin, then a buttock lift or enhancement may produce improvments in the dimpling and irregularities.
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Thigh and butt lift to improve cellulite
"CELLULITE" is a misnomer meant to DIMPLING and UNEVENNESS seen in the buttock and thigh skin. Also described as Orange peel or Cottage cheese skin and with more obscure medical terms such as Dermopanniculosis deformans, Status protrusus cutis, Adiposis edematosa.
Cellulite is also associated with raised levels of estrogen (seen more commonly in women), insulin, adrenaline and noradrenaline (as seen in stress), thyroid hormones, and prolactin (lactating women).
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I Have Seen Significant Skin Smoothing After Buttock - Thigh Lift
Although there are limitations to any procedure. Younger patients seem to do the best, as do those who have not had as much damage to their skin from repeated weigt gainand weight loss. Some photos at http://www.drlomonaco.com/forwlp.htm
