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How Much Weight to Lose Before Body Lift?
I am a 41 yr old female and I weigh about 285 lbs. My height is 5 ft 9 in. How much weight must I lose to have a Body lift?
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tryin2bsexi
in NC
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Weight loss prior to body lift
I usually perform a lower body lift after a patient has lost about 100 pounds or so either through gastric sbypass or diet and exercise. That is not a hard and fast rule, however. What is more important to me is that the weight loss is stable.
I prefer to operate once all the wieght you are going to lose has been lost and you can't lose anymore regardless of your final weight. The more weight you lose the better the result. As long as your expectations are realistic we can then consider a...
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The Scale is Not the Only Measure of Weight Loss Success
I prefer that patients reach a healthy, sustainable and stable weight before any kind of plastic surgery. I prefer a body fat percentage of 25% or less, although even this can vary amongst individuals.
What was your weight when you looked felt good about yourself ?
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Ideal weight loss prior to body contouring surgery.
This also depends on your height. Given an average estimate of 5"4" Your weight should roughly vary from 120-145 lbs. Given this upper limit I am estimating that you are about 140 pounds overweight.
It would be ideal for you to achieve this but perhaps not realistic. You may want to consider nutrtional counseling and supervision and possible contemplate bariatric surgery first.
This is an extremely brief synopsis and many other issues will affect this decision.
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How much to loose before having a Body Lift .
I would personally recommend for you to first go with a bariatric specialist or a nutritionist so they can adequately guide you in the correct and healthy way to loose weight. After the specialist has guided you and you have accomplished what he has recommended you can afterward see a plastic surgeon so he can evaluate you and let you know what would be the best choice in regards to plastic surgery. Hope this helps.
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There is no magic number...
There is no magic number of pounds you need to lose before a body lift. The most important thing is to have reached a stable weight. I have typically found with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, vertical gastric sleeve and duodenal switch that most patients lose their weight at approximately 10 to 12 months. Lap-band patients tend to maximally lose their weight at approximately 20 to 22 months. This is a gross generalization, but appears to hold true for most of my patients...
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Losing weight prior to body lift
Thank you for your question.
I always recommend to ALL of my patients that they should lose as much weight as possible prior to surgery and to be as close as possible to their long term stable weight to get the best results. This will maximize chances of achieving a long-term stable result without the need for revision surgery (related to weight gain or loss issues).
For example, if you have the procedure and then lose more than 10 pounds, you may need revisionary...
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How Much Weight to Lose Before Body Lift
The simple answer to your question is that there is no specific formula that gives a particular number. Even BMI indexes are only a rough guide as they can be grossly misleading in people who have good muscle mass and athletes. I would tell you that having a stable weight is the most important factor for you to consider after losing your weight. Without a picture it is hard to be really specific for you, but loosing 100lbs would be sufficient for your height. I often see patients who have...
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Weight loss and body lift
You should try to lose enough weight to get close to your ideal body weight. This is always best to obtain the best results and diminish the risks of complications.
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How much weight to lose before a body lift
Generally it is good to lose enough to be at your "ideal" weight ( whatever that means). Practically, you should be at a weight where you are healthy and stable ( can keep steady at that weight). Your physician can help you figure out what that is. With those too caveats, the higher the ratio of skin to fat the more effective a body lift will be.
Hope that helps.
Dr. Korman
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How much weight loss before lower body lift
There is no ideal amount of weight loss required to have a lower body lift. In my practice, I wait for patients to be weight stable for at least 3-4 months. The main reason for this is that if you continue to lose weight you will continue to have skin laxity in the future which will compromise your result. As each person body i different I do not have a BMI cutoff, but I generally like patient to have a BMI < 33 to be considered a good candidate for a lower body lift. Body lifts can...
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How much weight to lose before you consider body contouring surgery?
There are general guidelines in regards to which patients have the least amount of complications and the best overall results who are about to go body contouring surgery. Most patients that are considering body lifts have significant amount of excess skin along the lower trunk and upper thighs. This is usually a result of massive weight loss either due to diet and exercise or a bariatric surgery. A general target of body mass index, which relates your weight to your body surface area,...
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Looseness is the target and stable weight
Hello,
Body lift surgery is performed to tighten the tissues of the abdomen and lower back. These tissues must be loose enough to allow the surgery. This is assessed on examination. There is no arbitrary number of pounds to lose. And you want to have that weight lost in a stable way. Re-gaining the weight potentially ruins the benefits to the body lift operation. This is why these procedures are most commonly performed on gastric bypass patients these days after their weight loss has...
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Body Lift
There is no question that the best results are obtain in cases when patient lost the majority of there weigh . Nevertheless remember no all the patient can loss the desireble wight so when they get stable in the weigh loss or the redundat skin si causing medical problems, surgery shoud be concider. Tha can includ Body lift, Arm lift or othe surgeries related to after weigh loss Thak You
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Your Ideal Body Weight
For a female who like you is 5'9", you would have to get your weight down to about somewhere between 170 and 195 pounds. That would put your Body Mass Index at between 25 and 30. While BMI is not an absolute indicator of candidacy for body contouring surgery, it is a good guide. However, even if you lose a certain amount of weight, it is no guarantee that you will be a candidate for a lower body lift (Although there is a good chance that you will!).
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Ideal weight for a body lift
Tryin2bsexi,
There is no ideal weight for a body lift. First, your weight should be stable (because loosing more weight will counter the benefits of the body lift). Second, you should have lost enough weight that now you have significant excess skin around your waist . Having only a little bit of skin excess does not warrant such an extensive surgery such as a body lift.
A key consideration in all of body contouring procedures after massive weight loss is that...
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Body weight for a body lift
You should be close to your ideal weight prior to having a body lift or any body contouring procedure. Once you have been at a stable weight, for about one year, then you would be a good candidate for a body lift procedure. There is no specific number that you should be, but you should be at a weight that you are comfortable with and that you feel you can maintain. The surgery itself only removes a few pounds (mostly skin) and should not be thought of as a...
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Body Lift
You should consider losing about 80 to 100 pounds before a body lift. A better way to do this, is to be about 20 pounds above your ideal weight. Most of the time, I can remove about 20 pounds during a body lift procedure. It is better to be slightly overweight os that your plastic surgeon can sculpt new curves into you.
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Weight loss and body weight
Most of my patients that undergo body lift fit into one of the two categories. One, a patient that has lost significant amount of weight, usually after bariatric surgery, or some other means. The other category, is a patient that was never significantly overweight but due to multiple pregnancies, some mild weight fluctuation or other factors has some droopy tissues around buttocks and thighs. You don't seem to fit neither category. Ideally you should find a way to loose significant...
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Weight Loss or Gain and Body Lifts
Body lift procedures are usually performed when a patient has reached a plateau for weight for about 6 months and has reached THEIR ideal body weight and size. Body lifts allow the removal of non-weight dependent body fat such as the abdominal pannus, inner thighs, arm fat, and back fat.
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You should be closer to you ideal body weight before having a body lift
The amount of weight you need to loss also depends on your height. There is a calculation known as Body Mass Index-http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/.
The link will take you to a calculator to figure it out easily. There are no hard and fast rules. Ideally though you would like to have your BMI close to 30. it seems the higher the BMI the higher your risk of complications after a body lift. Depending on your height you probably have 100 pounds to loose before considering a body lift.
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Lose at least 120 lbs before Body Lift
At 285 lbs. and 5 ft 9 in. your BMI is 42. 09 (which qualified you as morbidly obese and a candidate for bariatric surgery). Your IDEAL body weight is 146 pounds. That means you have to lose at least 120 pounds.
For a good body contouring result, you should have a BMI below 30 (preferably between 23 and 27), be at a stable weight for at least 6 months, be well nourished with a good Protein balance and be psychologically ready for it.
Good Luck.
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