Body Lift and Reshaping

A body lift is a combination of abdominoplasty, liposuction, inner thigh, and buttock lifts.

Abdominoplasty can address excess abdominal tissue, liposuction can improve the contour of targeted areas if there is excess fatty tissue and the skin is tight.

Planning Your Surgery

The Consultation

Each patient must undergo a full medical and clinical exam to ensure that their weight has stabilized before proceeding with any plastic surgery procedure.

The patient’s wishes and expectations will be discussed and a comprehensive regime will be implemented to address all body areas requiring improvements. The patient will decide which area to address first guided by professional opinion.

Whether a person loses weight through diet and exercise or through bariatric surgery, there are a few obstacles that arise because of the weight loss. One of the most noticeable is the skin that remains after the weight is gone. When someone is overweight, the skin stretches to accommodate the increased volume of weight. After weight loss, the skin often fails to tighten and so it sags. The only way to tighten loose skin is through surgery.

After Surgery

You will have simple dressing covering the wound site.

A special garment may be required.

Your hospital stay will be between 1 and 4 nights.

Your discomfort will be moderate. Patients can anticipate 5-10 days of prescription pain medication.

Swelling is inevitable but improves over 2-6 weeks.

An appointment will be arranged for follow up in 7-10 days for removal of bandages and wound review. Stitches are resorbable and do not need to be removed.

Getting you back to work and normal activities

Depending on the complexity of the procedure, generally you will be able to go back to normal duties within 2-4 weeks.

Exercise may be resumed in 4-6 weeks.

The final result will be seen after the scars have matured. This occurs after approximately six months.