- Is there an area of your body where fat seems to accumulate—and stubbornly hang on—no matter how much you diet
or exercise?
- Have you lost 50 pounds or more after bariatric surgery and need to do something about loose, hanging skin?
- Are you a woman with large or uneven vaginal lips that make you feel uncomfortable or interfere with normal hygiene?
These are just a few reasons you may want to think about body contouring surgery.
What is body contouring?
Body contouring is plastic surgery to trim and reshape specific trouble spots. This category of procedures includes:
- Liposuction—minimally invasive surgery that streamlines your physique by suctioning away fat.
- Tummy tuck—a procedure that flattens the abs by removing excess abdominal skin and fat, tightening the muscles of the abdominal wall and repositioning the navel.
- Panniculectomy—surgery to remove the pannus, or apron of loose, hanging skin, after massive weight loss.
- Arm lift—a procedure to remove loose skin and excess fat deposits in the upper arm.
- Labiaplasty—surgery to reduce and/or balance the size of the labia minora, or the inner vaginal lips.
Any or all of these procedures may be part of a Mommy Makeover—a customized combination of plastic surgery procedures to restore a woman's figure to its pre-pregnancy shape.
News releases related to body contouring procedures
Feb. 12, 2007—Noted Plastic Surgeon Sees Rising Trend in Body Contouring Surgery Among Weight-loss
Surgery Patients
Oak Park, Ill. plastic surgeon and author Allan Parungao, MD FACS, notes the rising trend in body contouring or skin reduction surgery among people who have lost a massive amount of weight—a 22% increase from 2004 to 2005 alone. With more than 100,000 Americans undergoing gastric bypass and lap-band surgery each year, many are finding that their skin simply can't keep up with their rapid weight loss. Body contouring surgery frees these men and women of up to 100 pounds of loose, hanging skin and lets them enjoy a normal appearance.
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