Will a 360 Degree Circumfrontial Body Lift Address the Extra Skin on my Inner Thighs?

In a nut shell, a lower body lift will only lift the outer thigh and does not provide much improvement of the inner thigh.

In terms of choices, these are the available thigh lift procedures in our practice.

1) Vertical thighplasty with simultaneous liposuction.  This procedure will remove the excess inner thigh skin through an incision that goes from the pubic area to the inner knee. This will result in reduction of your though horizontally.  This is not a lift.

2) Spiral thigh lift- This procedure is a modified inner thigh lift.  The incision is placed under the buttock crease and then runs through the groin crease.  Through this one spiral incision, the back of the thigh, the inner thigh, and the thigh front are lifted.  This procedure is a more comprehensive lift than the inner thigh lift only.

3) Outer thigh lift.  This lifts the outer aspect of the thigh.  It can be done as an extension of the Spiral thigh lift or with a lower body lift.  Combined with the Spiral thigh lift, it will give you a circumferential thigh lift correction.

 

From your description, it sounds as if you will benefit from a Spiral thigh lift. To learn more, please visit my thigh lift pages and look at our gallery.

There are two thigh lift procedures – a lateral thigh lift
and a medial thigh lift.  A lateral thigh
lift addresses the outer thighs and is typically included with a belt lipectomy
or lower body lift.  A medial thigh lift
addresses the excess skin of the inner thighs and is not typically included
with a body lift.  The circumferential incision allows access to
the abdomen, flanks, buttocks, and outer thighs which is why those procedures
are typically grouped together.  The 360
incision does not provide access to the inner thighs however so an additional
incision would be needed down the inside of each thigh to remove excess tissue
and tighten the skin in that area.  In my
experience, body lift patients have better outcomes when the lateral thighs are
done in conjunction with the buttock lift.  When the outer thighs are contoured there can be an effect on the
buttocks and the shape of the buttocks can be affected when the outer thighs
are lifted.  Without a physical
examination it is difficult to make a suggestion as to which body contouring
procedure would give you the outcome you desire.  If you haven’t chosen a surgeon yet, be sure
to research for only board certified plastic surgeons.  If you have chosen a surgeon make sure that
he or she is a board certified plastic surgeon.Be well and good
luck!@norrisplastic