What is a Lower Body Lift in Beverly Hills?
Patients with a history of massive weight loss often have significant amounts of redundant and excess skin that obscures the results of their massive weight loss.
A lower body lift surgery by Dr. Rovelo removes excess tissue of the lower back, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs.
It elevates the sagging tissues of the buttocks and outer thighs and tightens the skin and tissues of the abdomen and back.
The overall effect is dramatic, revealing the true lines and contours of the underlying muscles and body.
If you are looking for the best plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, book an appointment with Dr. Rovelo to see how she can help you with a lower body lift.
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Understanding Body Lift Surgery
Body lift surgery is a comprehensive surgical procedure designed to address excess skin and tissue that has lost its elasticity, often as a result of significant weight loss, aging, or pregnancy.
This surgery aims to restore a more youthful and toned appearance to the body by removing excess skin, tightening the remaining tissue, and recontouring the body’s shape.
A body lift can be performed on various areas of the body, including the abdomen, back, buttocks, hips, thighs, and arms.
By targeting these areas, body lift surgery helps patients achieve smoother, firmer body contours, enhancing their overall appearance and boosting their confidence.
Causes of Excess Skin
Excess skin can be caused by various factors, including:
- Significant weight loss: When an individual loses a substantial amount of weight, their skin may not have enough elasticity to snap back into place, resulting in loose, hanging skin.
- Aging: As we age, our skin’s elasticity and collagen production decrease, leading to sagging skin.
- Pregnancy: Pregnancy can cause the skin to stretch, leading to loose skin after childbirth.
- Genetics: Some individuals may be more prone to loose skin due to their genetic makeup.
- Sun exposure: Prolonged sun exposure can cause skin damage, leading to a loss of elasticity and firmness.
Understanding these causes can help individuals make informed decisions about body lift procedures and set realistic expectations for their outcomes.
Benefits of a Lower Body Lift
A lower body lift is a surgical procedure that targets the mid and lower body, including the abdomen, buttocks, lower back, flanks, and upper thighs.
The benefits of a lower body lift include:
- Elimination of hanging skin and fat: A lower body lift removes excess skin and fat, resulting in a smoother, more toned appearance.
- Reshaping and lifting of common parts of the body: The procedure recontours the body, lifting and reshaping areas that have been affected by weight loss, aging, or pregnancy.
- Production of a taut figure that looks healthy and beautiful: A lower body lift can help individuals achieve a more youthful and toned appearance, boosting their self-confidence and self-esteem.
- Finalization of weight loss transformation: For individuals who have undergone significant weight loss, a lower body lift can be the final step in their transformation journey, helping them achieve a more balanced and proportionate body shape.
- Improved self-confidence and self-esteem: A lower body lift can have a profound impact on an individual’s self-confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to feel more comfortable in their own skin and enjoy a more active lifestyle.
By addressing these areas, a lower body lift not only enhances physical appearance but also contributes to a better quality of life.
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Body lift surgery is a comprehensive body lift procedure designed to address excess skin and tissue that has lost its elasticity, often as a result of significant weight loss, aging, or pregnancy.
This procedure aims to restore body contours and enhance overall aesthetics, making it an ideal option for those who have undergone significant changes in their body size and shape.
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Who is a Candidate for Lower Body Lift?
You may want to consider a lower body lift if you have:
- Excess skin and laxity of the soft tissues of the abdomen, lower back, outer thighs, and buttocks secondary to massive weight loss
- Difficult with hygiene and chronic rashes due to the redundant tissue and excess skin
- Bariatric surgery: Significant weight loss following bariatric surgery can result in excess skin that does not retract on its own
As with all body contouring procedures, the ideal patient has been stable at their goal weight and does not have plans for future weight loss.
How is a Lower Body Lift Performed?
A lower body lift combines multiple procedures into one circumferential procedure.
The procedure is initiated with liposuction of the flanks and outer thighs to remove excess fat.
An incision is then made at the top of the buttocks and extends over the hips.
Through this incision, excess skin of the lower back, buttocks, and outer thighs is excised.
The procedure continues with an abdominoplasty that includes rectus muscle plication and excision of the excess skin of the abdomen and flanks.
Multiple drains are placed and the patient is placed into compression garments.
Lower Body Lift Risks
All plastic surgery procedures are associated with risks. The risks of a circumferential body lift are similar to those of other body contouring procedures.
The most common risks are wound healing problems, fluid collections (seromas), and unsightly scars.
Additional risks include bleeding, infection, asymmetry, and need for revisional procedures.
It is important to talk with Dr. Rovelo about the risks of your surgery and how the risks can be minimized to provide the best possible outcome.
Lower Body Lift Recovery
Patients who undergo a lower body lift will have more motion restrictions and difficulty with mobilization than with other body contouring procedures.
Although it is important to protect the incision lines, it is also important to ambulate and mobilize a little bit every day.
For this reason, it is recommended that patients stay in an aftercare facility for at least several days.
This will allow them to maximize the assistance available to them, to have assistance with mobilization, and to prevent them from over-exerting themselves.
Movements will be difficult and limited for the first 1-2 weeks.
After 2 weeks, activity can slowly increase but no heavy lifting or strenuous exercise should be performed until after 6 weeks.
Patients will have multiple drains, and they should expect to have weekly office visits until all drains are removed.
Depending on their type of employment, patients may be able to return to work in 3-5 weeks.
Book an appointment online or contact Dr. Rovelo today to discuss your lower body repair options.
In addition to understanding the recovery process, it is important to consider the body lift cost.
The final price depends on the extent of treatment required and whether additional procedures, like liposuction, are involved.
Consultations with Dr. Rovelo will provide prospective patients with clear pricing details and potential financing options.
