37 year old female patient

This 37 year old woman lost more than 50 pounds and ended up with drooping breasts and loose skin in many areas. Our goal was to tighten her breasts and abdomen while performing liposuction to contour her body to a more desired appearance. The breast lift was approached by raising the nipples and making them smaller so they would not overpower her new breast shape. She also wanted to have a fullness above her nipples and this is not possible for the long term without a "filler implant." This basically means that a breast lift is done and the implant has the purpose of filling above the nipple complex. The tummy tuck is done with the removal of the entire area below the belly button and redraping the upper abdominal skin to cover the entire abdomen. The belly button is "repopped" at its birth position through the redraped skin. It is not removed. With this (and in all tummy tucks), the muscles of the midline are tightened as they were stretched with the previous weight gain. Liposuction was also performed to give the patient the extra body contours that she desires. You can see that she goes from somewhat of a "pear shape" to an hour glass shape.