Often significant weight loss can lead to loose excessive skin, especially around the abdomen, as well as other parts of the body. This leads to self-consciousness among a lot of people leading to considerable discomfiture and loss of self-esteem that ultimately affect the quality of life. Apart from the stomach, some common areas where you may develop loose skin are the neck, face, buttocks, legs and arms. There are several ways you can deal with loose skin that remains after the loss of significant weight.

Body contouring or Body Lift

One of the most commonly preferred surgeries after weight loss, a body lift is one of the best ways to enhance your body’s overall appearance. It also gives you one of the most lasting results if you can maintain your weight post your surgery and keep it stable. The plastic surgeon makes an incision right along your abdomen and simply extracts as much of the excess sagging skin as possible. The same procedure is put to use to get rid of extra skin from other parts of the body like the waist, hips, arms, thighs, etc. It is sometimes done in combination with liposuction that helps in improving body contour. Extreme weight loss sometimes flattens the buttocks in which case a buttock augmentation procedure is conducted.

                                 

Tummy tuck

The tummy tuck procedure is often opted by people as a combination with their body lift surgery. Tummy tucks play an important role in giving you that flat board stomach where exercise, diet and weight loss programs have done nothing but left a bunch of loose skin around your stomach. The procedure is quite distinct and not the same as liposuction. However, liposuction may sometimes be used by surgeons as part of tummy tucks. If you are opting for a full tummy tuck, your surgeon will be required to make a deep and large cut along your abdomen. It may run around the navel and stretch from hip bone to hip bone. Once the incision is made, the surgeon can deal with the underlying skin, muscle and tissues and fix debilitating muscles. They may sometimes shift your bellybutton a fraction in order to befit your new shape. In certain cases, due to the presence of excess skin in the upper abdominal area as well, the surgeon may be required to make a second cut in this area.

Breast Lift

Sometimes weight loss may give you a firmer body but do nothing for your sagging breasts. A breast lift can be your answer and help firm, reshape and lift them. In a breast lift procedure, your surgeon helps you do away with excess tissue and skin and then moves your nipple a little higher up your chest to fit your new shape. Some people go for breast implants to help give themselves a better shape. How can I decide if I need plastic surgery to get rid of excess sagging skin after vigorous weight loss? If you are bothered with a lot of loose skin you are left with after significant loss, you may be an ideal candidate for a plastic surgery procedure if you meet the following criteria:

• You are maintaining a stable weight
• You are overall healthy
• You are not a smoker
• You keep a positive outlook and goals that are not very lofty for the resulting appearance
• You are ready to keep to a healthy lifestyle, proper fitness regime and nutritious diet.

Final Word

Many people who have been distressed by obesity, even after undergoing rigorous weight training and losing significant weight, rue a new problem of loose skin. Fortunately, there are effective plastic surgery procedures that can help you deal with this concern and help you gain a firmer, trimmer shape.