What is a body lift?
Aging, pregnancy, significant fluctuations in weight, and genetic factors can decrease the elasticity of the skin. This often leads to areas, such as the stomach, buttocks, and thighs becoming looser and softer.
Body lift is traditionally separated into a lower body lift and an upper body lift.
Body lift surgery can help if
- you have loose skin after significant weight loss
- your buttocks rub uncomfortably while sitting down
- your clothes don’t fit you as you’d like.
Lower body lift
In the procedure, the incision is done under the waist level, and it goes around your whole body. The procedure focuses on the stomach area, sides, and buttocks.
In the front, the skin is tightened from above by tightening the tissue in the stomach, as is done in diastasis rectus surgery as well.
At the sides and the back, the skin is tightened from below by raising the loose tissue on the outer thighs and buttocks.
At the back side of the body, lower body lift surgery doesn’t tighten the upper back, and thus, the procedure doesn’t help with skin folds located under the shoulder blades.
Upper body lift
In the procedure, an incision is done that goes through the armpit area to where the clasp of a bra is located.
Upper body lift surgery tightens loose skin on the upper stomach, armpit, and upper back areas. When this is combined with lower body lift surgery, the result is a so-called full body lift.
Full body lift surgery is the most effective surgical procedure in use, and the purpose of it is to reshape the body after massive weight loss.
Both procedures can be done together with liposuction and breast area procedures.
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Body Lift – The Procedure and Recovery
The procedure is primarily performed under general anesthesia. The duration of the procedure depends on its extent.
The patient can usually go home on the same day. However, a full body lift can be such a long procedure that staying overnight in the hospital is recommended.
At an appointment with a plastic surgeon, the need for procedures can be evaluated individually, and the details and possible complications related to the procedure can be defined more precisely.
