The umbilicus, or belly button, changes shape when the abdomen stretches with weight gain, and changes again when the skin is left loose after significant weight loss. By the time many of my patients reach me, the umbilicus sits deep within the abdominal wall, has been pulled out of position,
Like any major surgery, an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) leaves a scar. After significant weight loss the scar tends to be longer than people expect, because the amount of loose skin I am removing is greater. Most people I see after weight loss are not asking whether there will be a
Why You Stay in Hospital After Extended Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) After significant weight loss, the skin across your abdomen has usually been stretched well beyond what it can recover on its own. Reduced skin elasticity means the excess skin does not retract. The looseness rarely sits neatly at the front.
After significant weight loss, many people are left with loose skin across the abdomen that will not retract on its own. Fleur-de-Lis abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is one approach I use to remove this excess skin and the fatty tissue that sits with it. It is not a substitute for weight
After brachioplasty (arm lift) surgery, most of my post weight loss patients are not back behind the wheel for roughly the first two to three weeks. That is a guide, not a fixed date. When you can drive again depends on you, on how your arms are recovering, and on
After major weight loss, an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is rarely a small operation. The skin envelope is larger. The flap dissection is more extensive. Many of my post-weight-loss patients also need flank work or a circumferential approach. All of that affects how long you will be away from work. In
As a Specialist Surgeon working with post weight loss patients, I perform Fleur de Lis abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) for people who have had significant weight loss and are left with loose skin across the lower and upper abdomen, side to side as well as up and down. The vertical and
After significant weight loss, the skin across the lower abdomen often does not shrink back. Many of the patients I see in my clinic have worked hard to lose the weight, sometimes through bariatric surgery, sometimes with the help of weight loss medications, and they are now left with loose
Losing a large amount of weight is a major achievement, whether you reached your goal through diet and exercise, weight loss medications, or bariatric surgery. For many of the people I see in my practice, that achievement comes with a frustrating physical reality. Once the weight is gone, the skin
Getting back to exercise after an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) is a different proposition for patients who have come to surgery after major weight loss. The body has already been through a long metabolic process. Lean muscle is often reduced, protein stores may be depleted, and the tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) itself