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Monsplasty for Women After Massive Weight Loss
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2012Ptosis with excess skin in the pubic area is a very common deformity in patients after massive weight loss. This deformity requires adequate surgical treatment whether combined with abdominoplasty or not. The enlarged pubogenital area may lead to psychosocial distress and impaired quality of life.A series of 23 women with a mean age of 39.5 years who ...
Maíra, Marques +4 more
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Circular Abdominoplasty After Massive Weight Loss: Is It a Risky Procedure?
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 2016 Most post-bariatric patients seek body contouring procedures to correct skin excess after massive weight loss. Among these procedures, some surgeons are still wary of circular abdominoplasty, mainly because it is considered a major intervention ...
Ali Modarressi +2 more
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Abdominoplasty Following Massive Weight Loss
Seminars in Plastic Surgery, 2006 Bariatric surgery has become an effective treatment for severe obesity. Various techniques have evolved over the years, with the most common now being the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Patients who experience massive weight loss are left with disfiguring skin laxity that warrants surgical excision of the redundant tissue.
Jordan M.S Jacobs +2 more
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‘J’ Brachioplasty Technique in Massive Weight Loss Patients
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2018Upper extremity body reshaping is a very frequent surgical procedure in massive weight loss patients. Many surgeons have presented different patterns of brachioplasty skin excision and a variety of adjunctive techniques, each of them claiming improvements in scar aesthetic, arm shape or overall safety of the procedure.
Stefano Bruschi +2 more
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A Journey Through Massive Weight Loss
Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care, 2006This article relates the firsthand account of a patient's progress from being morbidly obese, to bariatric surgery, through successful weight loss and body contouring. Commentary in this article is used to describe the role of the medical team for surgery after massive weight loss.
Claudette J. Heddens, Carol Vonnahme
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Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss: Current Concepts in Massive Weight Loss Surgery
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2008The authors begin their discussion of current concepts in massive weight loss (MWL) surgery by offering terminological guidelines that help define reconstructive and aesthetic concepts and procedures for the post-MWL patient. Measures for effective preoperative nutritional and metabolic screening include assessment of weight fluctuations over time ...
Jeffrey A, Gusenoff, J Peter, Rubin
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The Impact of Abdominoplasty After Massive Weight Loss
Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2013A sharp increase in bariatric surgery has resulted in a spike in the population of patients seeking plastic surgery after massive weight loss. This study was undertaken to determine how patients experience plastic surgical removal of an overlap flap and how they benefit from the surgery.
Kristina, Stuerz +2 more
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Correcting the Saddlebag Deformity in the Massive Weight Loss Patient
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2004Skin redundancy of the trunk and thigh is treated by a circumferential abdominoplasty and a lower body lift. Despite preservation and tight approximation of the subcutaneous facial system, the authors have failed to adequately correct severe saddlebag deformity and midthigh laxity in the massive weight loss patient.
Dennis J, Hurwitz +4 more
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Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss
Plastic Surgical Nursing, 2004As the results of bariatric surgery become increasingly successful, the demand for dy contouring following significant weight loss is rapidly growing. Persons who have lost weight are often unpleasantly surprised with the hanging folds of tissue and loose skin that may be present.
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Abdominoplasty After Massive Weight Loss
2016Body contouring surgery has experienced a true resurgence with the popularization of surgical treatment for morbid obesity. In recent years, a new and growing population of patients with extremely challenging deformities has been visiting plastic surgery clinics, demanding a new approach to techniques in search of better results.
Mendes, Flavio, Viterbo, Fausto
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