Losing a large amount of weight is a major achievement, whether you reached your goal through diet and exercise, weight loss medication, 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
In my practice I see patients who come for revision abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) from across Australia and from overseas. The reasons they come are not all the same, but one stands out far more than any other. The first operation was the wrong operation for the amount of loose skin
After major weight loss, loose skin tends to settle right around the middle of the body. Not just the front of the abdomen, but the hips, the flanks, the lower back, the mons, and the upper buttocks as well. A body lift (belt lipectomy) is the operation I use to
Why loose skin develops on the abdomen and back after weight loss When you lose a large amount of weight, the skin that was stretched over your abdomen and back for years often does not shrink back to fit your new shape. The skin has lost some of its elasticity
Nerve disturbance is a recognised risk of almost any operation, and brachioplasty (arm lift) is no exception. I want to be clear from the start about what this actually means, because the term “nerve injury” sounds far more dramatic than what most patients experience. In the great majority of cases,
Acute compartment syndrome is a rare complication after brachioplasty (arm lift) surgery. It is uncommon, but when it happens it is a serious condition and a limb threatening surgical emergency. Pressure builds inside a closed muscle compartment in the arm, blood flow to the muscles and nerves is cut off,
After a 40kg weight loss, the upper arm skin often cannot shrink back. Significant weight loss leaves reduced skin elasticity, so the skin no longer retracts. It hangs from the elbow to the armpit and frequently continues onto the lateral chest wall. This is different from the loose skin that
After significant weight loss, the surgery I perform removes excess skin and reshapes the abdomen, trunk and limbs. Body contouring procedures such as abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), body lift (belt lipectomy), brachioplasty (arm lift), and thighplasty (thigh lift) all require you to wear a compression garment afterwards. One of the most
After major weight loss, the abdomen is often left with loose skin that hangs in both directions, down towards the pubis and across the waist. A standard tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) removes skin in one direction only, from top to bottom. For some post-weight-loss patients that is not enough. When there
After significant weight loss, two problems often sit on top of each other in the same part of the body. The first is loose abdominal skin that hangs in both a vertical and a horizontal direction. The second is a weakness in the abdominal wall at the navel, an umbilical