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Will a Lower Body Lift Address Loose Skin After Lipo?

asked 1 year ago by JPB in Los Angeles, CA
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
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Hello, I had Lipo done on all areas of my legs 1.5 years ago. I also had a BA I am very happy with. However, my Lipo left excess skin and folds on my thighs. My PS already expected I would need to come back for a TL. My question is, what type of procedure will I most benefit from? If I can get a TT as well, I will get that too. My biggest concern is my thighs. If getting my TT means not getting the inner thighs done, then I would rather have my inner thighs and leave my tummy alone.

7 answers to Will a Lower Body Lift Address Loose Skin After Lipo?

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Body Lifting After Liposuction

After reviewing your photos it would appear that a lower body lift may be helpful for you. Patients with less than ideal skin tone who undergo liposuction can experience laxity and wrinkling of their skin post operatively. If this bothers you, then a partial or complete belt lift will help most but not all of your laxity and wrinkling. This procedure will help contour your abdomin, lteral thighs, waist and buttocks. I was not able to assess your inner thighs from your photos, but if... more
Douglas L. Gervais, MD

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
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High Tension Abdominoplasty helps to pull up and tighten up the thighs

People who have either had weight loss, or after pregnancy, or even after liposuction can develop loss skin of the thighs and buttocks. Some Dr. recommend a body lift, but in my experience a high tension abdominoplasty can make a big difference by also pulling up the outer and inner thighs and even the buttocks to some extend.
S. Sean Younai, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon
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Loose skin after liposuction--is a lower body lift the next step?

Yours is an unfortunate example of why skin tone is so important to assess before liposuction. (Partially) emptying out the skin envelope (liposuction is fat removal) in a patient without adequate elasticity only causes more laxity, looseness, and ripples or cellulite. Tightening the skin via buttock lift or lateral thigh lift will help deal with this issue, but will probably not completely eliminate the contour irregularities. If you are in need of a tummy tuck also, then a full... more
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Tummy Tuck and Medial Thigh Lift?

Thank you for the question and pictures. It would behoove you to be examined in person by a well experienced board certified plastic surgeon. You will find that each surgeon may give you different advice regarding combining procedures. Personally, I would suggest that you have the medial thigh lift done first ( since it is your primary concern). For a variety of reasons I do not do medial thigh lifting and tummy tuck surgery at the same time. I hope this helps. more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Lower body lift

I usually will avoid performing a thigh lift at the same time as a tummy tuck. The complication rate with thigh lift is high and an infection that might connect to the abdomen could be a significant complication.
David L. Abramson, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Body lift, Tummy tuck,Loose skin after lipo

A lower body lift, which is a tummy tuck and buttock lift, can remove skin in both the front(tummy) and back of the body. I do this for patients that have lost a lot of weight. It is difficult to see from your photos whether you would benefit from this or another procedure or even Thermage, a nonsurgical tightening. 
Edward J. Domanskis, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Loose skin after lipo

You cover alot of ground in this question. The photos do not show your abdomen making it difficult to comment on the impact of the abdominal procedure relative to the thighs. The lower body lift is an excellent operation to contour the abdomen, outer thigh and buttock. There is a minor contribution to the medial thigh but the inner thigh procedure is a separate operation. There is a variation of the body lift which contours the inner and outer thigh along with the buttock which can be... more
Robert W. Kessler, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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