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How to Decide Between a Tummy Tuck and a Lower Body Lift?
I weighed 247, had lipo when I weighed 205, then I lost more weight to 185. I received different opinions about a tt and lbl. In my picture you can see me before lipo, after lipo, losing more weight, now all that skin. Which way is better to go the tt or lbl? Thank you so much for your time.
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Tummy Tuck VS. a Lower Body Lift?
As long as the wight loss has been stable for 4-6 months, your body restoration may begin. Weight gain and weight loss affect people very differently resulting in various patterns of skin excess and deformity. In addition, people view themselves differently and may wish different things corrected and doing so in a different order.
The overwhelming majority of people benefit from a modified High Lateral Tension Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck). The procedure flattens the tummy, narrows the...
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Body Lift, vs. tummy tuck
To me, your flank area has a lot of excess skin/fat, possible muscle weakness. I don't see quarter views or back views to tell. Only an exam can tell for sure.
Another thing to think of. If you don't feel satisfied with your tt, you can go back in a year, and get the back done. It is safer, and easier recovery.
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Tummy Tuck vs. Lower Body Lift
Hi there-
It appears that either technique would be a reasonable option for you to consider, but in my opinion, you would be relatively unhappy with a simple abdominoplasty, as this would only further draw your attention to the large amount of loose, saggy skin on your thighs and buttocks.
The tremendous magnitude of the difference in outcome between a tummy tuck and a lower body lift in patients like yourself, combined with the fact that the surgery and recovery are only marginally...
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Lower body lift surgery or abdominoplasty?
After significant weight loss there is often loose skin involving the abdomen, lateral thighs, and buttocks. The best procedure for any patient depends on the aspects of their shape that they are interested in improving. If all someone is interested in fixing is their abdomen then an abdominoplasty is all that is necessary. If their goal is to also improve the shape of their lateral thighs, hips, and buttocks then something else is needed to improve that too. A lower...
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Tummy Tuck versus Lower Body Lift
You have several options. Basically the lower body lift or circumferential body lift has an incision that goes all the way around your body (including the abdominoplasty incision). You can have it all done at one time or stage it. My usual suggestion is to stage it into two different procedures so that your recovery is less involved. However, after examining you, determining your health status, etc, you and your surgeon can decide what is best for you...
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Abdominoplasty vs. thigh buttock lift
Your posted photo shows a lot of excess abdominal skin so you are clearly a candidate for a tummy tuck - abdominopalsty. A side and back view however are necessary to see how far towards the back the excess abdominal skin fold extends and to see if the buttocks are drooping. I would guess your best options are really extended abdominoplasty vs. lower body lift. In a lower body lift the incision goes all the way around you, 360 degrees. In an extended abdominoplasty the outer ends of the...
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