Body Contouring After Major Weight Loss

Following significant weight loss, you might still have persistent effects from your former weight. If you have lost weight and now experience issues with loose skin or localized areas of fat, you may want to consider body contouring at San Antonio Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Ortegon, a board certified plastic surgeon, can perform body contouring surgery for men and women who want to improve their body shape following weight loss.

Choosing Body Contouring: Who's a Good Fit?

Following weight loss, you may experience two major problems: excess skin and stubborn fat. No amount of diet or exercise will eliminate sagging, excess skin. Body contouring procedures remove excess skin and stubborn fat. These operation are often done in stages, but some patients can achieve satisfactory results with one operation.

Body contouring procedures can:

• remove additional fat through liposuction,
• lift and remove sagging skin with a body lift, and
• improve the contours and proportions of your figure.

If you are healthy non-smoker with a stable weight, you are likely a good candidate to undergo body contouring after weight loss.

Body Contouring in San Antonio: What to Expect

Not everyone has excess skin or stubborn fat in the same areas after weight loss. Choosing a contouring procedure will depend on the areas of your body that you want to correct.

Body contouring after weight loss is not one procedure—it refers to procedures such as liposuction, breast lift, thigh lift, arm lift, or tummy tuck. You and Dr. Ortegon will discuss which of these body-contouring procedures will benefit you. Dr. Ortegon will also inform you whether you can have more than one body contouring surgery performed at one time.

All procedures will typically involve one or more surgical incisions in the natural folds of skin. The doctor then removes the loose skin to tighten and lift the contour of a specific area. He may also perform liposuction to remove persistent areas of body fat.

Results and Recovery

Your healing and recovery period after body-contouring surgery varies. Results and recovery depend on the procedure (or procedures) that you have chosen. For any body contouring procedure you should plan to rest and take time off work. You will need to wear compression garments that help to minimize swelling and promote skin contraction. Special drains may also be in place for several days to address fluid accumulation after surgery.

In general, those who undergo more than one body-contouring procedure on the same day should expect a longer recovery period.

If you live in San Antonio or near Austin and are interested in body contouring surgery after weight loss, we invite you to call Dr. Ortegon’s office today to schedule a consultation. Call 210-614-4320 or use the contact form to email our San Antonio office. Our plastic surgery practice is located at 11212 State Hwy 151, Suite 260, San Antonio, TX 78251.