With advances in weight loss treatment, more and more people are losing large amounts of weight. While this accomplishment improves your health and quality of life, it can also leave you with significant amounts of loose, sagging skin around your abdomen, thighs, arms, and almost anywhere else on your body. While you have several options for skin tightening, surgery is the most effective choice for people with a lot of loose skin.
What are My Skin Tightening Options After Weight Loss?
Your Longwood Plastic Surgery team understands how frustrating it can be to have lost a large amount of weight but to have your results obscured by sagging skin. As specialists in transformative body procedures, your LPS surgeons have found that your most effective skin tightening option is a customized treatment plan that includes several procedures targeting your areas of concern. Loose skin surgery can include any of these procedures:
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
- Breast augmentation, lift, or both
- Torsoplasty (removal of loose skin around the upper torso)
- Thigh lift
- Upper arm lift
In many cases, you can have several procedures at the same time, saving you money and recovery time. While you may see non-surgical skin tightening options offered, these only offer minor, temporary tightening. Post-weight loss sagging skin is best addressed with surgery, which will sculpt your figure with long-lasting results.Â
What is Recovery Like After Loose Skin Surgery?
Because each skin tightening surgery is customized to your needs, recovery times will differ. Your overall recovery time is not extended by having several procedures at the same time. People with low-activity jobs can typically return after two to four weeks.Â
You will receive detailed instructions on how to care for your incisions and what to do after surgery. Your LPS surgeon will also monitor your recovery through follow-up visits and clear you to return to more strenuous activities based on your healing progress.
What is Recovery Like After Loose Skin Surgery?
Because each skin tightening surgery is customized to your needs, recovery times will differ. Your overall recovery time is not extended by having several procedures at the same time. People with low-activity jobs can typically return after two to four weeks.Â
You will receive detailed instructions on how to care for your incisions and what to do after surgery. Your LPS surgeon will also monitor your recovery through follow-up visits and clear you to return to more strenuous activities based on your healing progress.Â
Am I a Good Candidate for Skin Tightening After Weight Loss?
People who seek skin tightening after losing weight often want to remove a large amount of sagging, stretched skin. Candidates should be in good health and have reasonable expectations. We recommend waiting to have loose skin surgery until you have reached a stable weight and do not plan to lose much more.Â
What Results Will I See With Skin Tightening After Weight Loss?
Although swelling improves significantly over the first few weeks, the surgical areas will have some residual swelling for several months. Your final results can take up to a year to evolve as your body adjusts to these changes. We recommend leading a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a stable weight since weight changes can affect your results
Take the Next Step
Interested in learning about skin tightening after weight loss? Schedule your consultation with Longwood Plastic Surgery today by calling our Brookline office at (617) 380-7320. We serve the Brookline and Greater Boston area with distinction.