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Body
contouring is the reshaping of the body to achieve
a more attractive appearance. A patient’s concerns
may be related to genetic fat distribution or changes
related to pregnancy or following significant weight
loss. It is important to understand that body contouring
surgery is not a weight loss surgery but rather a
shaping procedure. Under most circumstances, an appropriate
candidate should be close to their ideal weight.
This section relates mostly to contouring procedures
of the abdomen and waist. However, many of the same
principles are true regarding other areas like the
arms and legs.
In considering a patient for body
contouring, we assess three things; Skin, Fat and Muscle.
When evaluating the skin, we look at the amount and
location of skin excess, as well as the elasticity
of the skin . In regard to the abdomen,
we determine whether the excess skin is isolated
to below the belly button or is it also above. We
look at the fat distribution.
Finally,
we evaluate the muscle to determine
if there is a separation of the paired left and right
abdominal muscles, which are responsible for the
bulge seen after pregnancy(s). No exercise
can improve this, only surgical tightening. Based
on the patient’s individual physical findings, a
treatment plan is made. For instance, if skin is
of good quality and not excessive and there is no
significant separation of the muscle, liposuction alone
can be done. If there is a skin excess, removal of
that skin must be included in the plan which is called
an abdominoplasty or tummy
tuck.
If you would like more details on procedure for
body contouring, please continue on. We will fill
in detail on the various surgical procedures and
add our opinions on each. We will also detail the
technique we developed to improve the safety and
aesthetics of body contouring that we call progressive
tension sutures (PTS) ». This allows us to perform
a tummy tuck without the need for drainage tubes.
Multiple surgical techniques and
procedures are used for reshaping the body. |
