POST-BARIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY
Obesity is one of the biggest problems of our time. Excessive weight problem, along with various diseases, also affects a person’s quality of life and self-confidence. Nowadays, Bariatric Surgery is extremely successful and achieving permanent results for this problem. Aesthetic problems also arise in many patients who give a large part of their body weight. Loose and sagging skin stack is one of these aesthetic problems. Rapid weight loss leads to sudden changes in body mass index, causing excessive soft tissue to disappear and therefore unnecessary skin to form. At this point, Post-Bariatric plastic surgery comes into play.
EXCESSIVE WEIGHT LOSS CAUSES SAGGING IN WHICH AREAS?
Excess skin is usually found in the abdomen, the upper arms, inside the thighs and above the back are often sagging places.
WHAT CAN BE DONE IN POST-BARIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY?
After bariatric surgery, Post-bariatric plastic surgery must necessarily be included in the process to reshape the body.
Operations in this process:
– Tummy tuck
– Back lift
– Breast aesthetics
– Neck and face lift
– Tight lift
– Arm lift
IS THERE ANY SCAR LEFT AFTER POST-BARIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY?
Aesthetic applications for sagging areas are performed by removing excess skin from the body. During and after the incision, the scars are made quite faint.
FACE LIFT
After excessive weight loss, sagging occurs in the face and neck area. These problems are solved by Face Lift surgery. If necessary, soft tissue loss is eliminated by fat injections to the face.
TUMMY TUCK
In patients who lose excessive weight, sagging and cracks often occur in the abdominal area. It is possible to fix this problem, which is one of the biggest factors that distorts beauty, with Tummy Tuck operations. These operations are Abdominoplasty and Mini-Abdominoplasty surgery. In Tummy Tuck operations, abdominal wall repair can also be performed according to the patient’s needs. Liposuction can be added in Tummy Tuck operations. For patients with lower back and upper abdominal lubrication, the addition of Liposuction may become necessary.
GLUTEOPLASTY / BUTTOCK LIFT
As a result of excessive weight loss, the butt area also experiences volume loss, flattens and sags. Sagging in the butt and hips area is pulled up by the Gluteoplasty / Buttock Lift method and excess parts are removed. In this process, the excess part is placed on the inside of the butt, resulting in a fuller image.
BREAST LIFT
After weight loss, it is a surgical procedure to bring sagging breasts back to an upright position. For breast lift surgery, the patient and surgeon make the decision that the best result can be achieved. Breast lift surgery can be performed by 2 different methods. One method is implant and the other is fat injection. Excess fat in one’s own body is used in fat injection and breast lift operations.
BACK LIFT
Even if there is a significant reduction in the tissues in the back area with excessive weight loss, the skin, subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscles cannot recover enough. In back lift operations, excess skin is removed and a more aesthetic appearance is obtained.