Abdominoplasty ("Tummy
Tuck")
 Abdominoplasty helps to flatten
and shape the abdomen and waist by removing excess fat and skin and tightening
muscles. The best candidates have pockets of fat or loose skin that haven't
responded well to diet and exercise. The procedure can also be useful for women
with stretched skin and muscles from pregnancy.
The procedure takes
approximately two to four hours under general anesthesia. Recovery time ranges from two weeks to a few
months. With a balanced diet and regular exercise, results are long-lasting.
Abdominoplasty will likely leave a permanent scar stretching between the hips,
although it should be low enough for even a bikini to conceal it.
Liposculpture
Tumescent liposuction, also
called liposculpture, is a vast improvement over traditional liposuction. The
physician "inflates" the patient's fat with a diluted local anesthetic before
he/she vacuums it out in a process called suction aspiration. This eliminates
risks associated with the general anesthesia used in traditional
liposuction.
Another major advantage of the
anesthesia used in the tumescent procedure is that it practically eliminates
blood loss by constricting (tightening) blood vessels. In traditional
liposuction, no such agents are used, with patients sometimes experiencing
significant bleeding and even needing blood transfusions.
Body Lift (belt
lipectomy)
The body lift is performed
to remove loose, excess skin from the torso and upper legs. It offers an
improvement in appearance for patients who have lost significant amounts of
weight due to childbearing, diet, exercise or bariatric surgery. The procedure
is often combined with others such as breast lifts and arm lifts to retain a
proper body proportion.
Arm Lift
(Brachioplasty)
After substantial weight
loss, weight gain or simply from the effects of ageing, skin on the upper arms
can become inelastic, loose and flabby. Arm lifts, also known as brachioplasty,
remove that excess skin and fat. Patients who have significant amounts of fat
may want to consider combining the procedure with liposuction.
Thigh Lift
 A thigh lift is
performed to remove excess skin and fat from the upper legs. Candidates
typically suffer from loose, inelastic skin after extreme weight loss due to
diet, exercise or bariatric surgery. Because of this, the procedure is often
combined with others such as breastlifts, facelifts and armlifts to retain an
attractive body proportion.
In a medial thigh lift
(inner thigh lift), the surgical incision is made in the inner thigh along the
line where the leg meets the groin. In a lateral thigh lift (outer thigh lift),
the incision is made from the groin around the back of the body, so that the
buttocks are lifted along with the thigh.
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