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Is a Lower Body Lift the Same Thing As a Body Lift?

May 20, 2008

What is the difference between a body lift and a lower body lift? I see some doctors say body lift and others call it a lower body lift and I just don't understand how the actual surgeries are different...they seem like the same thing to me.

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Dr. Thomas Fiala, MD, FACS, FRCSC
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Dr. Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
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