62 years old - Am I too old for plastic surgery after weight loss?

Question

I am 62 rs. old. I had Gastric bypass surgery 14 yrs. ago. I have kept the weight off. CW 185 I have thought about a body lift for years now. Possibly a full body lift. Definitely Arms, Tummy, Mons, Thighs, butt. Thanks

John LoMonaco, MD, FACS · Answer

Congrats on your accimplishments!

Age itself is no issue, but we want to optimize any health conditions you may have before surgery to ensure a safe a quick recovery.

Other issues to make your surgery safe include the experience of your surgeon and their team, and the venue.  You want a place where these cases are done routinely, efficiently,  and there is a clear-cut aftercare plan to handle any issues during your recovery.

Special concerns facing weight loss patients are iron deficiency, protein malabsorption, and reflux.  I personally address all of these proactively before each surgery.  My office provides several aids to recovery designed specifcally for weight loss patients that I feel make a big difference in recovery.

Below is a video of one of my older weight loss patients who is loving life after her transformation

Yasemin Aydinli, MD · Answer

Congratulations on keeping your weight off for fourteen years &mdash; that long-term stability is exactly what makes body contouring worth considering, and it is a real achievement. I want to answer you honestly, though. Given your age and the number of areas you would like to treat, I would not recommend combining these into one large operation. For you, the right and safe approach is to do them one at a time, as separate, staged procedures. This keeps each surgery shorter and lower-risk, makes your recovery far more manageable, and gives more controlled, better-quality results.
For the areas you mention &mdash; arms, tummy, mons, thighs, and buttocks &mdash; the appropriate operations are excisional skin-removing lifts (such as an arm lift, an abdominal/lower body lift, and a thigh lift), addressed individually rather than all together. I would not recommend liposuction here, because your concern is excess, loose skin rather than fat, and liposuction alone would not give you the result you are looking for. Your safety and your result are also better when your weight is in a healthy range, so ideally we would want your body mass index to be under 26 before surgery.
Most importantly, the decision to operate depends on your health, not your age. Any other medical conditions you have and your blood test results are very important for clearing you for surgery. And because you are over 40, I would also want an ECG (a heart rhythm tracing) and a chest X-ray as part of your pre-operative assessment. Once those confirm that you are fit for surgery, we can plan the order in which to carry out each procedure, step by step.

62 years old - Am I too old for plastic surgery after weight loss?

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