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What Procedures Do You Recommend After Losing 100 Pounds?
I'm 23 yrs. old, 5'5" tall and 145 pounds. My maximum weight was 250 lbs. I started to go on a diet about 6 yrs. ago, I lost 60 pounds within 6 months, recently I lost the rest of the weight. I have loose skin and stretch marks on my arms and stomach and some fat in between my inner thighs that diet and exercise can't take off. I have seen 3 plastic surgeons in Southern California and they have all given me different recommendations from full tummy tuck to lipo only. What would be the best?
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Roxy in Cali
in Los Angeles, CA
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Plastic surgery after 100 pound weight loss!
Congratulations on achieving such a feat! After a large amount of weight loss there is excess skin, stretch marks, loss of skin elasticity, and abdominal muscle weakness. I would recommend a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty, liposuction of the arms with a short scar brachioplasty (arm lift), and liposuction of the medial thighs with a thigh lift. Because of the stretch marks in the arms and skin excess, I don't believe liposuction alone would work.
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After Losing 100 Pounds, The Gold Standard Surgery Is A Full Tummy Tuck
You should be very proud of yourself, and for all the weight you lost, the pictures of your body look exceptional.
At this point, to stabilize the loose skin that exist all over your body, the gold standard procedure would be a lower body lift. This is a combination of a full tummy tuck and the backside of the tummy tuck which elevates your buttocks and lateral thighs. The combination of these two procedures also eliminates most of the loose skin on the inner thigh as...
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Honolulu Plastic Surgeon
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Plastic surgery after successful weight loss
Congratulations on your successful weight loss program! If your tummy area has loose skin then abdominoplasty may be necessary to give you the results that you desire after such a significant weight loss. Brachioplasty may be an option for your arms if you have a large flap of excess skin in the upper arm area. If the area in the inner thighs is just fat accumulation, liposuction may be the answer. If it is excess skin, then there is a procedure called thighplasty...
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Body contouring procedures after 100 lb weight loss
Based on your photos and the amount of weight loss, it seems you would benefit most from a tummy tuck, which would remove the excess skin. This is difficult to determine based on photos alone, but I'm concerned that if you just had liposuction performed, this would worsen your loose skin. The only way to address loose skin is to remove it (tummy tuck).
I recommend consulting with one or two more board certified plastic surgeons in your area until you are comfortable with...
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Weight Loss 100+ pounds
Weight loss although very healthy for the body when it is a large number it can leave some deformities behind. Once someone loses weight around 100 pounds, defiantly they will have some loose skin in the abdomen and flanks area and also there may be some loss in the buttock contouring as well. Depending on what the expectation of the patient is operation on the side can be a combination of abdominoplasty with liposuction, extended abdominoplasty with liposuction or a circumferential...
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Skin Removal Is Necessary For Body Contouring After Weight Loss
Congratulations on your weight loss! When considering any type of body contouring after such weight loss, you need to realize that skin has to be removed as part of any procedure to be effective. Your fat contribution to your current shape is now minimal due to your weight loss. Your stretched out skin is now the major problem and must be removed to make a difference. Whether this is the arms or the stomach, the trade-off will be a scar. That must be considered carefully with the...
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What procedures give the best results after a 100lb weight loss.
Congratulations on your weight loss, perseverance and discipline to achieve this goal without surgery. I n the standing position you already have a great shape and do not display hanging skin. You state that you have loose skin and I would recommend an abdominoplasty with liposuction of the upper abdomen, waist and hips. I would also liposuction the upper arms, knowing that you might require a full arm lift as a separate procedure to achieve the best results. You need to see a board...
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After losing 100 pounds
Wow you look great already. you do not say what your complaints are. generally after that large weight loss, liposuction by itself is the wrong operation. you already have excess skin which is not going to shrink up any further. you have to get skin removed, keep in mind that people who have lost a lot of weight tend to stretch out to a certain degree afterwards. this is not the place for mini surgeries.
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Tummy tuck
You have done remarkably well for someone who has lost that much weight. Usually after losing this much weight skin will need to be removed and not just liposuction. Make sure that you are seeing a board certified plastic surgeon. Other specialties may only be able to offer you liposuction and that may be the reason for the different recommendations.
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Body Contouring After Weight Loss
Dear Roxy,
Congratulations on your weight loss! I would recommend that you see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who specializes in body contouring after massive weight loss. A tummy tuck, liposuction of the arms with or without a limited arm lift, and liposuction of the thighs with or without a thigh lift may be options to consider. Choosing which procedures are best for you depends on your goals and expectations, as well as the amount of excess fat and skin you have, the quality of...
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