Is this fat or loose skin? (Photo)

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Based on these pictures could you tell me if what I have in my upper abs is loose skin or fat? Thank you

Dallas Buchanan, MD · Answer

Thank you for your pictures and questions. It appears that you have a little bit of both, but I would say that the majority of the problem is skin laxity. As we age (I would guess you are probably late 30s, early 40s), we start to see skin laxity due to skin aging, loss of elasticity, and sun damage. Changes in weight and pregnancy can also significantly alter the skin quality and stretch of the abdominal skin. I think that most patients in your situation would benefit from a small amount of lipo-contouring but more so a skin tightening procedure and I would recommend BodyTite to a patient such as yourself. Give us a shout if you want to discuss options further. Hope this helps!Dallas R. Buchanan, MD, FACSOwner & Board-Certified Plastic SurgeonVIVIFY plastic surgery

Luis A. Mejia, MD · Answer

Hello, thank you for the question and great photos.. 
After analysing your case, I can say you have a lil bit of both and tat problem could be fixed with 360 lipo vaser. This should give you great results and improve the look of your belly.
It is important that you communicate to your board-certified plastic surgeon what are expecting, to make certain that your goals are realistic. It's helpful to show pictures of results you'd like, but please keep in mind that these are other people and your body is different from everybody.
l recommend you to make an appointment with a board certified plastic surgeon to talk about your goals and anything you need to know.
Best of lucks.
Dr. Luis Mejia

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

you have loose skin and to be honest need a tummy tuck to be fully flat, if you want to try renuvion and.or morpheus you can. non invasively trusculpt ID and FLEX will help.  Best, Dr. Emer.
You need a formal evaluation by an expert in body shaping and contouring to determine what is best.  Traditional liposuction awake and smart liposuction are old methods and do very poorly for tightening skin or significant skin tightening or contouring.  Small problem areas can be improved slightly by these methods.  The best in body contouring not only removes fat with energy devices like VASER ultrasound but also internally heat the skin with radio-frequency devices such as J PLASMA/RENUVION, InMode BodyTite, ThermiRF to heat the under surface of the skin and tighten it at the same time as fat removal. These combinations are called 4D HIDEF VASER contouring and can only be done by a well . trained body contouring specialist. At the same time fat should be harvested, PRP and stem cells added and injected into muscles or indentations/cellulite to get body shaping and contouring.  This is known as a Brazilian butt lift when you inject the fat to the buttock for contouring and lifting, but fat can also be used in areas such as the chest/breast, arms/shoulders, calves and face.  Cellulite should also be treated with cellfina, sculptra, subcision and/or fillers such as bellafill, renuva synthetic fat, or sculptra.  If skin is very loose before surgery then it will need to be removed such as lower abdominal skin (tummy tuck/abdominoplasty), breast skin (breast lift), arm skin (brachioplasty).  Overall you need a full assessment, but simple liposuction alone will not tighten skin and needs a combination of various methods -- fat removal, skin tightening, defining, fat grafting, skin removal -- to get the best in body contouring and body sculpting.  Dr. Emer.

Kenneth Hughes, MD · Answer

Probably both.  Recommend discussing the possibility of using lipo and BodyTite to address fat and loose skin with a board certified PS.  BodyTite is capable of producing a 45% contraction in tissues. It can be combined with liposuction to improve contours dramatically. BodyTite rids the body of some fat cells and is less traumatic than traditional liposuction. However, BodyTite only works well for people who are near their target weight and who have skin elastic enough to bounce back from the procedure, If you maintain your target weight within 5 to 10 pounds of your goal weight, the results should last for years.

Warren Schutte, MD · Answer

Thank you for the great photos. From the pictures, it appears that you have very little excess subcutaneous fat. What you are seeing is mostly skin laxity. You abdomen appears to be in great aesthetics shape. In order to address the skin laxity and remove excess skin, it is likely that you will need an abdominoplasty.

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