Body contouring is a group of surgical procedures designed to remove excess skin and reshape specific areas of the body following significant weight loss.
Common procedures include:
You’ve worked hard to achieve the goals you set for yourself, only to feel discouraged at the finish line. You’re not alone; many men and women feel frustrated by the sagging or stretched skin and uneven body contours left behind after significant weight loss. While many happily embrace these new changes, for others, they can greatly affect overall confidence and self-esteem. If these concerns sound familiar, we’re here to help you achieve the shape you’ve worked so hard for.
For many, significant weight loss can result in areas of loose or excess skin and stretch marks. Body contouring can address these issues on the abdomen, arms, and legs. An abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), often paired with liposuction, removes excess fat and skin from the lower abdomen and tightens weak and loose abdominal muscles for a flatter, firmer appearance. A brachioplasty (arm lift) tightens loose skin and removes the excess fat in the upper arms, and a thighplasty (thigh lift) accomplishes the same result for the upper leg. A body lift can simultaneously address the abdomen, flanks, buttocks, and lateral thighs.
Weight loss can bring about many changes to a woman’s breasts. Changes in size, shape, volume, and skin laxity can occur. Depending on the concern, there are many excellent options to correct these changes while maintaining a comfortable, natural-looking result. A breast augmentation can increase the size and/or improve the shape of the breast, a breast lift is designed to lift the breast and nipple to a more proportionate, youthful position, and a breast reduction can restore proportionate size, shape and position.
Many patients feel that their skin changes dramatically as a result of weight fluctuations. Of course, lax skin is a common complaint, but additional changes may include uneven pigment, dullness, the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and loss of volume or definition. These can all be improved with a customized combination of a facelift and neck lift, skin tightening treatments, skincare, injectable treatments, or other non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures.
Body contouring is a group of surgical procedures designed to remove excess skin and reshape specific areas of the body following significant weight loss.
Common procedures include:
You may be a candidate if:
We generally recommend waiting at least 6 months after major weight loss to allow your skin to contract as much as possible and to ensure that your weight has stabilized. However, it is never too early to start the process of educating yourself and meeting a team that you trust to look after you
Yes, combination surgeries are common and can make a lot of sense by consolidating the recovery time and costs. The transformational effect of multiple procedures can be truly incredible. Common procedure combinations include:
Recovery time depends on the extent of surgery:
Yes, body contouring procedures involve incisions -which leave scars. However, we place incisions in areas that can often be hidden by clothing or swimsuits, and scars typically fade with time.
The results are long-lasting if you maintain a stable weight. Significant weight fluctuations can affect your outcome.
In general, body contouring procedures are considered cosmetic and are not covered by OHIP. However, if there are functional issues like rashes or skin breakdown, some insurers may provide partial coverage.
As with any surgery, risks include bleeding, infection, scarring, poor wound healing, and fluid accumulation (seroma). There will specific risks related to the area undergoing the body contouring that will also be discussed. We take every precaution to minimize these risks.
On balance, the benefits aesthetically and functionally from these types of procedures far outweigh the risks.
Call our office to book a consultation. During the visit, we will:
Above all, you should feel comfortable with your care team. After your consultation you should feel confident in their experience, their understanding of your goals and excited by their results in similar patients.
At FORM, our extensive experience looking after patients that have lost significant weight has taught us the importance of looking after weight loss patients in a more holistic way. Examples of care we provide in this program that are unique include:
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Through their commitment to excellence and thoughtful care, Dr. Ron Somogyi, Dr. Waqqas Jalil, and Dr. Michael Brandt are passionate about helping you find your true form.
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