Can I Remove Loose Skin Without Removing Fat?
asked 10 months ago by ALM22 in El Paso, TX
Latest answer by Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Question viewed 316 times
Tags: stomach, wrinkles, female, 110-129 lbs, 5 ft 0 in to 5 ft 3 in, asymmetry, loose skin
I was about 190lbs and am now 120lbs at 5'3 with a petite build. My ribs poke out, I have a 23" waist - but my stomach has wrinkles! It looks like someone gathered all the skin around my belly button and it sort of just drapes down. I do not want a tummy tuck, or lipo, just want the loose skin cut off. Is this possible? I am ok with a little pot belly but it's freakin lop-sided. Help?
3 answers to Can I Remove Loose Skin Without Removing Fat?
+1
Tummy tuck is what will cut off the loose skin
Anything other than a tummy tuck would be the wrong operation for you in my opinion. You will get the best look and the nice flat tummy that you deserve after the great weight loss.
+1
Tummy tuck - abdominoplasty results
From your posted photos and history you sound like a perfect candidate for an abdominoplasty. That is a cosmetic procedure that involves placement of horizontal lower abdominal and around the belly button incisions. The abdominal skin is then tightened by cutting out the bottom portion of abdominal skin and creating a new belly button opening higher up on the skin that has now been pulled downward. In your case the only fat removed would be that directly under the skin that is removed. If...
more
Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
+1
Looss skin of abdomen
Sorry, but with that amount of laxity and weight loss, a tummy tuck is the best solution. You need to treat the loose skin above the umbilicus as well.
