Would I Be a Candidate for a Lower Body Lift?

I recently lost about 30lbs. As a result, I have stretch marks on my hips, lower and upper thighs. I've read a lower body lift is ideal for removing excess skin and stretch marks. But my weight loss wasn't dramatic enough to cause saggy skin on my body. My question is would I still be a possible candidate for the body lift??

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Candidate for a lower bodylift?

Thanks for your post. Most patients in my practice that undergo bodylift surgery have lost over 100 pounds. See a local plastic surgeon for an opinion to be sure. Best wishes, Dr. Aldo.

Aldo Guerra, MD

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Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

Lower body lift candidate

The best candidates for circumferential body contouring procedures like a lower body lift or a belt lipectomy are people who have loose skin in the front, along the sides, and in the lower back. More and more I'm seeing women in my office who haven't lost a lot of weight but still have a lot of loose skin and are electing to undergo these types of procedures. I don't really think it's just a question of how much weight a person loses or lost. I think it's a question of how... more

Body Lift and Arm Lift Procedures

Body Lift (circumferential body lift) and Arm Lift (Brachioplasty) procedures are typically performed after significant weight loss where there is severe skin laxity. The loss in skin tone results in "hanging, loose skin".

Lower body lift candidate

I think you answered your own question. If you do not have a lot of loose skin then it probably is not necessarry.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

You wont need a complete circular body/ tu no requeririas una reseccion completa circular

Loosing 30 lbs is really few overweight for needing a complete circular body lift, you sureley will need ,a complete lypo, plus normal TT..perhaps with simoultaneously your own fat for BUTTS augmentation implantation el perder 30 lbs no justificaria realizar un lifting completo de la parte inferior del cuerpo con una TT normal mas implante de grasa autologa para los gluteos seria lo ideal para ti

Lower Body Lift

There are multiple factors that go into this decision, but it would be unusual for an individual who lost 30 lbs to need a body lift. An exam would be necessary, but find the plastic surgeon with ELITE credentials who performs hundreds of body contouring procedures each year. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

Lower body Lift

If you have excess skin all around the lower body then a lower body lift can help with excess saggy skin. But it is not a treatment for stretch marks. Do not trade a large scar to get rid of stretch marks.

Would I Be a Candidate for a Lower Body Lift?

Impossible to answer without photos. A lower body lift results in an incision in the lower abdomen, continuing around the back. There must be excess skin for this to work, and if you don't have sagging skin, you would only get a scar and no improvement. There would be little or no effect on the thighs. Please consider posting a photo. All the best.