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Medical or surgical treatments are sometimes necessary to tighten loose skin after weight loss.
Everyone’s body will react differently depending on various health and lifestyle factors. With our skin being our biggest organ, it is the one which needs a lot of attention when we loose weight.
Our skin can not simply just shrink once it has been stretched excessively. You will see stretch marks appearing on your skin maybe where you didn’t notiuce before. There are some natural ways to tighten loose skin, but this wouldn’t be effective for excessive loose skin. There is only so much your body can do when its been stretched to excess.
Having loose skin should not put you off loosing weight, especially for health reasons. But the more overweight or obese you are, the more chance of you needing some form of surgery to correct loose skin. This is assuming you manage to loose a significant amount of weight.
Correcting loose skin isn’t purely vanity. Having the overhang of excess skin can also cause skin problems which can affect your health also.
Medical Treatments to tighten loose skin
This is where a large incision is made, and excess skin and fat are removed from your body. This would be the excess skin that no longer serves any purpose for your new body shape.
Types of Loose Skin Surgery
Abdominoplasty – Commonly known as a tummy tuck. This is where loose skin is removed from the abdomen. Very popular not just with people who have lost weight but also with mothers who have extra skin post-birth. It is commonly performed by an experienced abdominoplasty specialist who can tailor the procedure depending on your preferences.
Upper Body Lift – The top half of your body, which would include breasts and upper back
Lower Body Lift – This can include your buttocks, hips and thigh areas
Brachioplasty – Your upper arms commonly known as bingo wings. These tend to be a huge problem area for a lot of people
Thigh lift – Inner and outer thigh areas, often caused by weight loss or aging. A Thigh Lift in Los Angeles (or elsewhere), focuses on reshaping and contouring the thighs to create a smoother, firmer appearance. The goal is to enhance leg definition while maintaining natural body proportions.
With most post-weight loss surgeries you need to be at your goal weight for 2 years. A lot of surgeons require a BMI of under 28 as well to correct excess skin.
You can have more than one surgery at a time depending on your surgeon and how much is required in each area.
Recovery from surgery is different for everyone. You will usually require a hospital stay for a minimum of 24 hours regardless of how well you recover.
I have seen a huge increase in people going to Europe to have this type of surgery done. This is due to it being significantly cheaper than in the UK for example.
Hopefully, this list of medical treatments to tighten loose skin will give you more of an idea of what is available.
You would need to ask your own doctor to see if these surgeries are available on the NHS in your area. As they are classed as cosmetic, the likelihood is that you would need to have private treatment.
