Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss

Post-bariatric Reconstruction Plastic Surgery Chicago

Body contouring after Massive Weight Loss

Now that bariatric surgery has made me so thin and

healthy, what do I do with all my hanging skin?

Jack Gelman, MD, FACS Post Bariatric Surgery Chicago

ASPS 2009 Statistics

20,000 Tummy tucks

2,800 Buttock lifts

6,300 Upper arm lifts

5,600 Thigh lifts

16,000 Breast lifts

(specifically after massive weight loss)

MWL and Plastic Surgery

There are major differences in body contouring after massive weight loss compared to those same procedures in other patients (it is no day at the beach)

Re-contouring

the trunk

is the key step!

How to do a tummy tuck

Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)

Tighten the

Rectus Muscles

Remove the

Pannus

Abdominoplasty

Abdominoplasty

Abdominoplasty (the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our

scar is hidden by her underwear)

Abdominoplasty (the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar

is hidden by her underwear)

Abdominoplasty (the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar

is hidden by her underwear)

Abdominoplasty (the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar

is hidden by her underwear)

(the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar is

hidden by her underwear)

(the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar is

hidden by her underwear)

(the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar is

hidden by her underwear)

(the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our scar is

hidden by her underwear)

(the vertical scar is from her gastric bypass, our

scar is hidden by her underwear)

One Year Post-Operative

(the vertical scar is from his gastric bypass)