Where do I start post-bariatric surgery? (photo)

Hello, congratulations on your weight loss. Your heart, lungs and joints thank you!

I perform many combination procedures on patients like yourself with multiple areas of excess skin that need to be removed as there is no other effective treatment. The trade-off of course is scarring. I council my patients to simply make a list of the areas that bother them, in order, and approach it that way. You may be able to combine your number one and two procedure or even all three, depending on what they are.
For example if arm surgery requires two weeks recovery to get your back to the office and a breast lift required two weeks, doing them together doesn't necessarily increase the amount of time needed as you are recovering from multiple procedures simultaneously, not adding the recovery times together. When I perform multiple simultaneous procedures we tend to add a little bit more to the recovery time overall. Good luck!

As long as you are when you postop and no locker losing weight, you can begin your process! You can decide which procedures you want to begin with if it’s arms and thighs that’s a wonderful decision and later on you can finish up with your abdominal area and your breasts! It is best to divide them in sessions so it’s easier for you and your recovery!