Body contouring can enhance your appearance by improving the shape and proportion of your body. This surgery reshapes body features that cannot always be improved through weight loss and exercise alone.
However, heredity and changes in the body over time can alter your body’s proportions .These changes can be-
- After weight gain
- After weight loss
- After pregnancy
- Ageing
Following a well-balanced diet to maintain weight and exercising consistently to maintain or attain a fit and healthy body are important contributing factors but fitness and routine skin care have little effect on uneven contours or bulges as well as on the skin that lacks elasticity.
Areas treated by body contouring include neck, upper arms, female and male breasts, abdomen, flanks, back, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees and ankles.
Improvements to your body’s shape can be achieved by reducing excess fat and/or sagging skin. One or more procedures may be recommended to achieve your goals for a contoured body. These procedures may be done in one surgical session or may be performed in stages depending on your overall health, the type and extent of procedures being considered.
The procedures that may be recommended by the plastic surgeon may include:
- Liposuction
- Augmentation with implants
- Lift procedures
- Lower body lift: to correct sagging of the abdomen, buttocks, groin and thighs
- Breast lift: to correct sagging, flattened breasts
- Arm lift: to correct sagging of the arms
- Thigh lift: to correct sagging of the inner, outer and mid thigh
Medications are administered for your comfort during the surgical procedures. The choices include intravenous sedation and general anesthesia.
All surgical body contouring procedures require incisions, the length and pattern of these incisions depend on the procedure, the amount and location of excess skin to be removed, as well as personal preference and doctor’s surgical judgment. Advanced techniques usually allow incisions to be placed in strategic locations where they can be hidden by most types of clothing, but this is not always the case. Recovery time varies depending upon the extent of surgery.
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