Cellulite & Lower Body Lift - Will the Lift Help with Cellulite?

Thank you for your question.  You have already noticed that pulling on extra skin can eliminate some wrinkling in adjacent areas.  A body lift is intended to improve shape and contour.  It is not usually chosen as a treatment for cellulite, but tightening loose skin can help a number of qualities of skin including stretch marks and cellulite.

 

The lower body lift is a procedure designed to remove excess lower back and lateral thigh skin. This procedure simultaneously lifts the buttocks and lateral thigh skin in an upward direction. This maneuver tightens the thigh skin and improves thigh contour. This tends to make cellulite less noticeable without actually eliminating it.If you're concerned about lower body lift surgery and how it will affect cellulite, it's appropriate to consult a board certified plastic surgeon with experience in this area. This plastic surgeon should be able to answer your questions and formulate a treatment plan that addresses your concerns.

A lower body lift will correct the loose sagging skin of the abdomen, upper thighs, hips/outer thighs, and buttocks.  Cellulite is especially noticeable when located in loose and sagging skin.  A lower body lift will create an overall significant improvement of the lower body, but it will not create perfectly smooth skin.  The skin-smoothing effect that is seen by pulling up on the thighs is really not to be expected as a result of these operations.  Cellulite is a skin irregularity that occurs as a result of connective tissue bands of varying lengths that attach the skin to the deep connective tissues of the thighs and buttocks.  Cellulite is influenced by the arrangement of fatty tissue "compartments" between the irregular connective tissue bands.  Mechanical disruption of these bands with or without superficial liposuction may improve the appearance of cellulite.  In combination with lower body lift,  the improvement overall can be dramatic!