Laser Skin Tightening After Weight Loss

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I'm 23 years old, and a few years ago, I lost 110 pounds. I was lucky in that most of my skin bounced back. However, I do have a tiny bit of loose skin on my stomach, breasts, and upper arms, but I really don't think it's enough to undergo a full body lift. I will get either a breast lift or augmentation, as I've read that laser skin tightening doesn't really work for that area, but my question is: since there is loose skin, but not very much of it, will laser tightening help my stomach & arms?

Aaron Stone, MD · Answer

It is not just that you have some extra skin. You have stretchmarks that extend up past the belly button. This is damaged skin with torn elastin fibers much like an old elastic band that no longer shrinks back after pulling and has multiple cracks in it your skin will not shrink bank. It does not matter what laser or radiofrequency you throw at it. The damage to the deeper layers visible as stretchmarks will prevent it from shrinking.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Morpheus 8 is a non-invasive skin and soft tissue tightening treatment that is consistently amazing in our patients. We use the Morpheus to exact fractional induced RF into the skin or tissue in order to tighten collagen and stimulate contraction of the tissue. For acne scars, it is quite useful to build collagen in patients who have atrophic scars but is not very productive for ice-pick scars which require TCA Cross. For tissue tightening, Morpheus is ideal for the face and neck and we often combine it with CO2 laser or Ultherapy to further enhance results. Chemical peels and skin resurfacing should be done at least 5 to 7 days after, but can be performed earlier, depending on treatment severity. Avoid exfoliating skin treatments before Morpheus and expect a period of 2-4 weeks for skin contraction to set in.

Best, 
Dr. Karamanoukian 
Realself100 Surgeon

William B. Rosenblatt, MD · Answer

Lasers are touted for tightening but they dont seem to work very well. Looks like a tummy tuck would be great.

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