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What is a Lower Body Lift?

asked 4 years ago by anon
Latest answer by Glynn Bolitho, PhD, MD, FACS
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What results can I expect from this surgery, and what is recovery like?

17 answers to What is a Lower Body Lift?

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Lower Body Lift

A lower body lift is a combination of 4 procedures. A belt or circunferential tummy tuck, buttock lift, outer thigh lift and monsplasty (groin lift). Many patients will also need concomitent liposuction to get optimal results. A lower body lift aims to reduce lower body laxity but it can flatten the buttock area. To enhance buttock projection, some form of buttock augmentation should also be added.
Siamak Agha, MD, PhD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

www.drsiamakagha.com

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What Is A Lower Body Lift?

A lower body lift is a combination of an abdominoplasty with a posterior(circumferential)incision. This will tighten your abdomen,buttocks and outer thighs. It is indicated for patients with diffuse truncal skin laxity(after massive weight loss for example) Many times a medial thigh lift is done as well.
Douglas L. Gervais, MD

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift Explanation

A lower body lift generally refers to a procedure known as a belt lipectomy a.k.a. circumferential body lift. These procedures are usually tailored for a patient who has experience significant weight loss. These procedures are designed to recontour the entire waist and lower trunk. They include 3 procedures: Tummy Tuck Waist lift/lateral thigh lift buttock lift Many of my female patients who have lost volume in the their buttocks also option for buttock augmentation using their... more
C. Bob Basu, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.basuplasticsurgery.com

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Lower bodylift

A lower bodylift usually incorporates the following procedures: abdominoplasty with repair of diastasis recti, mons elevation, lateral thigh lift and buttock lift. Liposuction is performed as an adjunct for removal of residual localized fat deposits. The possibility of autogenous buttock augmenation can be entertained at the time of lower bodylift. The procedure can be performed at one time, or staged depending on patient factors and surgical preference. more
Glynn Bolitho, PhD, MD, FACS

San Diego Plastic Surgeon

www.bolithomd.com

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Lower body lifting

Thank you for your question. A lower body lift would include procedures to address the tummy, thighs, and buttocks. Patients who have lost a significant amount of weight benefit from this procedure as it removes the excess hanging skin. Depending on the comfort of the surgeon and the health of the patient, the procedures may be broken up in to separate procedures if the surgeon feels that performing them all at once is too much surgery for the patient. Choose a board... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Lower body lift

A lower body lift is basically a tummy tuck combined with a circumferential excision of skin and soft tissue to lift the buttock and hip region as well.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Lower body lift

Lower body lift is a majoroperation that goes to the core of central body re-contouring. Weight loss, genetics and age can loosen the circumferential skin of abdomen, thigh and buttocks. Along with that loosening excess skin can accumulate. Lower body lift will re-contour and remove the excess skin of abdomen, flanks, and lower back. It will bring the loosening of the upper abdomen and back skin down while lifting the thighs, mons and the buttocks. It is one of the most dramatic... more
Sepehr Egrari, MD

Seattle Plastic Surgeon

www.egrari.com

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Lower Body Lift

A lower body lift is a cosmetic procedure which addresses contour problems of the abdomen, lateral thighs and buttock. The operation was designed to restore a youthful contour to the entire truncal area from the ribs to the knees and circumferentially not just the front of your body. Unlike the abdominoplasty alone which deals only with the tummy. Although originally described for cosmetic purposes the operation has gained recognition for its application to people who have had significant... more
Robert W. Kessler, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift is three procedures in the same operative session

The lower body lift is performed on patients who have excess skin around the entire middle area of their body. The most extreme cases are from patients who have undergone massive weight loss. After losing weight , the skin that has been stretched out for many years with excess weight, will generally just hang. The only remedy is to excise and tighten the skin. However, the body lift is also performed on patients who have some loose skin and just want an overall tightening of their stomach,... more
Ricardo Rodriguez, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift

What it won't do: Body lifts are not intended strictly for the removal of excess fat. Liposuction alone can remove excess fat deposits where skin has good elasticity and is able to naturally conform to new body contours. In cases where skin elasticity is poor, a combination of liposuction and body lift techniques may be recommended.
William J. Hedden, MD

Birmingham Plastic Surgeon
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A real Lower Body Lift includes a tummy tuck, outer thigh lift, and a buttock lift

A true Lower Body Lift includes a tummy tuck, outer thigh lift, and a buttock lift. The effect is similar to pulling up a pair of loose fitting pants while flattening the tummy area. Many times we also perform liposuction to the outer thighs or saddle sacks and the flanks. Many plastic surgeons claim to be doing a lower body lift, but in fact are doing something known as a "Belt Lipectomy". With a belt lipectomy, the extra skin around the torso may be removed along with a... more
Thomas P. Sterry, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift

Massive weight loss patients may benefit from body lift procedures. The lower body lift addresses the hips, thighs, buttocks, and knee areas. The goal of surgery is to restore natural proportions to the lower body, buttock, hips, and thighs. This is performed by a belt lipectomy or more selective lower body lifting such as a thigh lift. Procedures can be performed on an outpatient basis, but full lower body lifts may require hospital admission.
Raffy Karamanoukian, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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What is a Lower Body Lift

A Lower Body Lift (aka Belt Lipectomy) = Tummy Tuck (abdominoplasty) + lateral Thigh Lift (x 2) + Buttock Lift. To lift anything you have to reach directly over it and pull. The same applies to sagging skin and fat. When we gain weight and then deflate, the body is surrounded by such deflated, overhanging tissues. With YOUR input and preference for underwear / bathing suits, the Plastic surgeon will determine where to place the scar. In surgery ALL the loose skin near the scar will be... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift

A lower body lift is a procedure to remove excess skin from the abdomen, flanks, and back/buttocks. This involves an incision totally around the lower abdomen and waist area. The "lift" is directed to the thighs and buttocks areas. This procedure is usually performed after profound weight loss.
John Whitt, MD

Louisville Plastic Surgeon
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Lower body lift

Hello, A lower body lift is like a tummy tuck on steroids. The incision goes all the way around the lower tummy generally meeting at the top of the buttocks in the center of your lower back. Recovery is a bit longer than for just a tummy tuck and there are some wound healing risks over and above tummy tuck surgery. A lower body lift offers the same improvement as a tummy tuck and takes it around the sides into the lower back. It is like a Tummy Tuck plus a Buttock Lift.
John P. Di Saia, MD

Orange Plastic Surgeon
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Lower body lift is like a tummy-tuck all the way around

A lower body lift is a procedure typically done for patients that have a history of significant weight loss. it may also be known by several other names-belt lipectomy or circumferential body lift. It can include liposuction of the upper back or outer thighs. it typically improves contour of the abdomen, lateral thighs and buttocks. it accomplishes what an abdominoplasty does in the front of the trunk while also lifting and improving the shape of the thighs and and buttocks. The procedure... more
John E. Gross, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Lower Body Lift is a great option for carefully selected patients...

Hi there- A lower body lift involves a tummy tuck or belt lipectomy on the front of the body, with concurrent tightening of the skin of the hips, and a buttock lift. The benefit on the abdomen is similar to a tummy tuck; the benefit for the thighs and buttocks can be conceptualized by imagining your thigh and buttocks skin as a pair of trousers that has sagged too low on your body- which you improve by grasping the trousers by the waist and pulling up. This maneuver produces significant... more
Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon

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