If loose skin and tissues create physical or emotional discomfort that prevents you from enjoying your slim new shape as fully as you would like, a post-bariatric plastic surgery procedure in Nashville, TN, is typically the most effective solution.
Planning Your Body Lift Procedure in Nashville
Trusted by top-tier surgeons for his advanced surgical skills and sense of aesthetic balance, Dr. Unger understands the unique questions and concerns of post-bariatric plastic surgery patients. He will carefully and thoroughly evaluate your shape and health history before making a recommendation to meet your needs.
In most cases, a body lift in Nashville focuses mainly on removing loose excess skin and creating a tighter body shape, but the reality is that most patients require a more tailored approach that will include aspects of one or more other procedures. The basic approaches to a body lift include the following:
- Body lift alone: Most appropriate for younger patients who are not experiencing residual pockets of diet-resistant fat from overstretched abdominal muscles, this approach requires Dr. Unger to remove loose skin along multiple incisions before suturing them closed.
- Body lift with liposuction: Loose skin is an unwelcome reminder of past weight problems, and for many patients, isolated areas of diet-resistant fat only add to the problem. For smoother, firmer results, Dr. Unger may recommend you also receive liposuction to remove fat from problem spots, such as the hips, flanks, pubic area, or abdomen.
- Body lift with tummy tuck: One of the most common post-weight loss plastic surgery procedures patients receive, a body lift with a tummy tuck, or a “circumferential abdominoplasty,” creates extensive improvements to the entire lower body in one procedure. By extending the abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) incision around the body, Dr. Unger can smooth the hips, flanks, buttocks, and upper thighs at the same time as he re-tightens loose abdominal muscles.
As a plastic surgeon highly experienced in both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery techniques for an extensive range of breast enhancements, Dr. Unger is also uniquely qualified to combine a body lift with a breast lift, breast augmentation, or both.
