
Society has witnessed an increased focus on health and weight loss with the popularity of weight loss drugs like Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, gastric bypass surgeries, and lifestyle changes. Many of our patients have lost weight and live healthier, more confident lives. However, after massive weight loss, these patients often turn to us to ask for the best body contouring after-weight loss treatments to address the loose or hanging skin they experience that might hinder their efforts to enhance their overall contours.
At Florida Plastic Surgery, double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kristopher Hamwi can help you restore your overall contours with surgeries after weight loss to continue your successful journey. You deserve a provider with unparalleled expertise to help you navigate your options to achieve your goals and look as good on the outside as you feel on the inside.
What Treatments Are Available After Weight Loss?
Whether you’ve achieved your weight loss through sensible lifestyle changes or with help from medications or gastric bypass surgery, you deserve to celebrate your success and restore your overall contours. Customizable body contouring procedures after massive weight loss aim to restore the body’s proportions.
As each weight loss journey is unique, each patient’s procedures are customized to address only those areas of loose skin or stubborn fat that cause them concern.
Arm Lift, or Brachioplasty
The upper arms are often an area that becomes troublesome after weight loss. Brachioplasty, or an arm lift, reshapes the upper arms by removing extra skin, tissue, and fat. Smoother, slender-looking upper arms with improved muscle tone can help restore your confidence. Dr. Hamwi sometimes uses liposuction to remove small pockets of excess fat to ensure smoother contours, but arm lift procedures typically address loose skin.
Facelift
Facelifts improve loose, hanging skin on the face and neck that often come about after weight loss. The procedure tightens skin and repositions the underlying facial structures in the lower portion of the face and neck to restore contours and improve a slimmer, more youthful facial appearance.
After massive weight loss, the neck often requires more attention to address significant wrinkles, sagging skin, and jowls to restore jawline definition.
Tummy Tuck, or Abdominoplasty
Tummy tucks target the midsection by removing excess skin and tightening weakened or separated abdominal muscles. After massive weight loss, sagging skin is the main concern addressed. Liposuction is often performed with tummy tucks to deliver smoother, firmer abdominal contours.
Mini tummy tucks target the lower abdomen only—an area prone to diet- and exercise-resistant fat accumulation. Typically, mini tummy tucks are less invasive with a shorter recovery period.
Liposuction
Minimally invasive liposuction targets the remaining stubborn subcutaneous fat pockets resistant to diet or exercise changes. Dr. Hamwi is an expert at awake liposuction—a technique that allows you to remain alert during the procedure, avoiding the risks of general anesthesia. This procedure allows Dr. Hamwi to sculpt leaner proportions with precise control.
While a versatile treatment, liposuction eliminates small fat deposits to sculpt a leaner appearance, it does not address loose skin in many areas of the body, including:
- Waist and flanks
- Hips
- Thighs
- Buttocks
- Upper arms
- Neck
Mommy Makeover
Mommy makeovers are a collection of procedures to transform the changes brought about by pregnancy, aging, or weight loss and enhance the figure. With customizable procedures that focus on restoring bodily proportions, addressing the unique needs and aesthetic goals of each patient.
Many mommy makeover procedures are performed simultaneously to minimize recovery time and costs. Typically, they include tummy tucks, liposuction, and breast rejuvenation procedures to restore sagging breasts after weight loss or pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Am I a Good Candidate for Treatments Following Massive Weight Loss?
Candidates for treatments following massive weight loss include patients in good overall health who want to address excess skin or pockets of stubborn fat to improve their health, enhance their appearance, and increase their confidence.
Candidates should also:
- Be non-smokers, or be willing to quit before their procedure
- Live a healthy lifestyle, including an exercise program and healthy diet
- Be at or near their goal weight for at least 6 months
- Understand the risks of the treatment
- Have a positive outlook and realistic goals
- Be prepared to follow instructions closely
What Should I Expect After Body Contouring Procedures Following Massive Weight Loss?
Each person’s weight loss journey is unique with individual concerns about specific areas of their body. Treatments after weight loss are customized to address those concerns.
Recovery time depends on the extent of your procedures. While patients can typically resume light work in 1 to 3 weeks, strenuous activities, such as heavy lifting or exercising, should be postponed for at least 6 weeks.
After your procedures, you may be fitted with compression garments to minimize swelling and support your new contours. It’s important to expect swelling, bruising, tenderness, or numbness that may take weeks to resolve and may obscure your results.
Many patients see preliminary results and dramatic improvements to their figures immediately following surgery. Some patients will have residual swelling that temporarily obscures their results for weeks or months before revealing their full results.
How Long Will My After-Weight Loss Treatment Results Last?
To ensure the longevity of your after-weight loss procedure results, it’s important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, including a consistent exercise routine and a nutritious diet. Following Dr. Hamwi’s post-operative instructions and recommendations will help preserve your new contours.
Choosing Dr. Hamwi as Your Surgery After Weight Loss Treatment Provider
Continue your successful weight loss journey by selecting the right plastic surgeon to help enhance your new contours. Double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kristopher Hamwi is an expert in aesthetic plastic surgery and has performed thousands of procedures to help patients achieve their goals. As such, he understands feeling good about yourself is an important aspect of your overall health. With utmost dedication to patient safety and outstanding results, Dr. Hamwi is your choice as one of the best after-weight loss plastic surgeons in Sarasota, FL.
Schedule Your After-Weight Loss Surgery Consultation Today!
You’ve done the hard work. You’ve lost a significant amount of weight and improved your health. You deserve to celebrate yourself and enjoy your new figure! At Florida Plastic Surgery, Dr. Hamwi can help you restore your figure and look as good as you feel. To schedule your after-weight loss consultation with Dr. Hamwi today, contact us at (941) 800-2000, complete our online form, or email connect@floridaplasticsurgery.com!