The American public understands the health implications involved with morbid obesity and the long-term impact of developing diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and osteoarthritis. Luckily, morbidly obese patients have the option to undergo surgical weight loss procedures like gastric bypass, adjustable gastric band, and the gastric sleeve.
However, the journey following successful massive weight loss procedures and/or natural weight loss programs are not entirely complete, as many patients are discovering and struggling with the physical burden of loose and flabby skin, due their subsequent lack of skin recoil and elasticity. However, every patient is unique and has varied skin irregularities. Typically, post-bariatric body contouring surgery after massive weight loss is performed 12 to 18 months following successful bariatric surgery procedures to allow the patient to achieve their maximum weight-loss endpoint and their lowest possible body-mass-index (BMI).
With an increase in demand, cosmetic surgeons are embracing newer, more innovative, and more advanced post-bariatric body contouring procedures such as: Avelar-lipoabdominoplasty, Fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty, body lifts, butt lifts, breast reshaping and lifting, arm brachioplasty, medial thigh lifts, and reduction of excess skin folds. Nonetheless, as the requests for bariatric surgery continue to increase so will the option of post-bariatric body contouring continue to gain in popularity.
You can read more about post bariatric and after weight loss procedures under the Bariaesthetics section of my website.
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