I Think I Need a Lower Body Lift? (photo)

I have lost over 100lbs with diet and exercise and I have maintained this weight (140) for at least three years. I'm 35 I haven't had kids and I am not planning on any. The majority of my loose skin hangs onto my thighs and some at my lower abdomen. Which procedures should I consider to address my thighs, abdomen, as well as my chubby knees?

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Body Lift After Weightloss

Congratulations on the maintained weight loss! A Belt Lipectomy, also known as the lower body lift, would indeed offer you the most dramatic transformation of the mid and lower body. It is truly a resculpting of the abdomen, hips, thighs, and buttocks. Broken into its components, the lower body lift includes a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty), a thigh lift, and a buttock lift and optional fat transfer to the buttocks. Be sure to consult with a board certified plastic surgeon who has extensive... more

Lower Body Lift

Congratulations on your weight loss. Most plastic surgeons refer to a body lift as a circumferential body lift = belt lipectomy. This procedure is essentially 3 procedures in one: extended tummy tuck + waist/lateral thigh lift + buttock lift (with the option of buttock augmentation). Patients experience fantastic results from these procedures. Please visit with a plastic surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery to learn more about your options. more

Lower body lift

Congratulations on the weight loss through hard work and diet. As a plastic surgeon who specializes in "plastic surgery after weight loss", I am very much aware of the changes that you must be experiencing. For most of my patients in your situation, a lower body lift is the least that they opt for. A lower body lift in my practice has multiple components with the aim of correcting the pubic laxity, abdominal region, front of the thighs, outer thighs, liposuction,... more

Lee J. Malan, M.D.

Super great self discipline and will-power resulting in magnificent weight loss. The loose shin of the tighs can be significantly improved using the lateral and medial combination thigh lift technique first describled by Ted Lockwood, M.D., Platic Surgeon. If the the abdominal soft tissues are lifted at the same time your particulat abdomen will be improved without formal abdominal plasty as a secondary operation. Lipsocution of the thighs, including the knees would be done... more

I Think I Need a Lower Body Lift?

Weight loss great, photos are great Next is to have a body lifting or multiple surgeries. Seek in person opinions.

Lower Body Lift

Congratulations on your impressive weight loss. Your pictures suggest that your skin has done remarkably well for that amount of change. A lower body lift would combine a tummy tuck with a lift of your buttock and back. You would likely have some improvement in your thighs as well. It would be easier to evaluate you in person, but some liposuction of your knee area or inner thighs might be valuable as well.

Lower body lift

Congratulations on your weight loss.It is obvious you have done your homework because a lower body lift is the right operation for you. The operation will improve the appearance of the abdomen, the outer thigh and buttock. Although the inner thigh generally requires a separate procedure the high lateral tension abdominoplasty , which is part of the body lift, will make some improvement in the appearance of the upper inner thigh.I would encourage you to seek out a board certified... more