Building Confidence: The Journey of Body Contouring After Weight Loss

“A massive weight loss through diet or exercise, or bariatric surgery, could be a great way of accomplishing a slim body, but still excess saggy/ loose skin or stubborn remaining areas of fat needs further improvement, requiring body contouring surgery!”

·       Do you know a significant weight loss can cause skin folds and saggy/ loose skin and requires surgical intervention to achieve body contouring goals?

·       Do you know body contouring surgery is done to address the saggy/ loose skin and remove stubborn remaining fat areas restricted to responding through diet or exercise?

·       Do you know body contouring/ sculpting surgery is a set of surgical procedures that eliminates the excess skin left after weight loss and enhances the shape and tone of your body’s tissue?

·       Do you know loose skin can be uncomfortable and may cause you to feel less confident and insecure?

Losing 100 pounds or more is a significant accomplishment, leading to a more healthy and active life. However, losing weight is not a final goal because post-weight loss, excess skin sagging, or skin folds that may cause you to feel low self-confidence are more common. However, a weight loss journey may often raise the request for post-weight loss improvement with cosmetic surgeries, i.e., body contouring/ sculpting.

Dr. Karishma Aesthetics’ body transformation in Bangalore helps alleviate conditions caused by massive weight loss and offers you a ‘new you’ profile you have always dreamt of.

In this blog post, Dr. Karishma Kagodu (MS, MCh), a board-certified celebrity plastic surgeon, discusses some common issues patients may face after significant weight loss. Learn more about the best time for body contouring after major weight loss and the transformative impact of body contouring surgery for individuals with significant weight loss.

What is a Post Weight Loss Journey?

Losing a massive weight through a strenuous workout, diet, or bariatric surgery may lead to saggy skin, specifically in the arms, belly, buttocks, breasts, or thighs. This issue is more common in those who have been overweight for an extended period and are now even accomplishing the ideal weight; the concerns present in the form of saggy skin in the localized body areas. However, post-weight loss, the requirement for cosmetic intervention is inevitable to restore self-confidence and body silhouette simultaneously.

What is Body contouring surgery After weight loss?

Body Contouring:

Body contouring surgery is a type of cosmetic procedure that is performed to reshape or sculpt the body areas by eliminating the excess saggy skin and unwanted fat as well as reshape the body areas, add defining to the body with effective cosmetic procedures like liposuction, tummy tuck, and surgical body lift procedures. Overall, the body contouring procedure helps contour the body, tighten loose skin, and shape areas of the body to offer you the desired six-pack abs or hourglass figure.

Body contouring after weight loss journey:

Body contouring after weight loss means a patient is ready to undergo cosmetic surgery to achieve the aesthetic contour that cannot be achieved simply with diet or exercise. However, body contouring after massive weight loss may be a set of surgical procedures that help remove loose skin left after weight loss and enhance the overall shape and tone of your body’s tissue.

Body contouring after weight loss may involve the following procedures to achieve the utmost contouring goals, such as:

1.    Liposuction/ Elimination of excess fat deposits: Excess fat pockets that resist responding to diet or exercise are targeted, successfully eliminated, and aided with advanced technology, such as VASER 4D high-definition liposuction, which helps achieve the best contouring effect and skin tightening benefits.

2.    Tummy tuck or reshape and contour the abdominal areas: Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is the prime procedure of body contouring section in which excess saggy abdominal skin and excess fat are removed, tightened weak abdominal muscles, and the areas to offer desired washboard abs. One must note that pregnancy, weight loss, or aging are common reasons someone is recommended for tummy tuck/ abdominoplasty to reclaim a tighter, slimmer, and contoured stomach.

3.    Body lift procedures or remove excess skin: The extra skin is surgically removed, and any excess saggy tissue from the breasts, buttocks, abdomen, thighs, or arms is eliminated.

What Is the Best Time for Body Contouring After Major Weight Loss?

Dr. Karishma Kagodu instructs prospective patients to meet the following parameters before considering the body contouring surgery:

·       You are at or near your weight loss goal

The ideal candidate for body contouring surgery is near to their weight loss goals and has been confident that this is the ideal weight they can maintain over the long run. Being static to ideal weight is important because losing or gaining any point of weight in the future after body contouring surgery can compromise the results. However, gaining weight after body contouring can cause asymmetrical body contours while continuing to lose weight after surgery can lead to additional sagging skin.

·       You can maintain your weight

A patient must maintain a healthy weight while considering body contouring. A track record of consistent, healthy habits that can be met with daily exercise and a healthy diet helps a patient maintain these habits through recovery.

·       You are fully recovered from weight loss surgery

If your concern is associated with bariatric surgery/post-weight surgery like gastric bypass or lap band surgery, other than a regular weight loss journey, be sure you have fully recovered from your last surgeries and are now ready to achieve the body transformation goals. Be sure to discuss your plans for body contouring with your plastic surgeon before undergoing surgery again.

The transformative impact of body contouring surgery for individuals who have achieved significant weight loss:

Benefits of liposuction after significant weight loss:

·       Liposuction is a great way to achieve an aesthetic body shape, size, and contour for those who have accomplished their weight loss goals and are now seeking aesthetic sculpting.

·       Liposuction improves body contour by removing excess fat from specific areas, i.e., abdomen, hips, thighs, buttocks, and arms, to create a smoother, more sculpted body shape.

·       Liposuction improves mobility, as removing excess fat can help improve your physical activities.

·       Liposuction helps reduce certain health risks, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart ailments.

·       Liposuction leaves minimal scarring post-procedure and is a key factor in improving your self-confidence, as you are now more fit to wear the clothes comfortably you want.

Benefits of tummy tuck surgery/ Abdominoplasty:

·       Eliminates extra skin and fat from the abdomen

·       Tighten weak abdominal muscles

·       It provides a trimmer, sculpted abdomen appearance

·       Improves flexibility and stability

·       It helps alleviate back pain

·       Can correct hernia symptoms and urinary incontinence

·       It strengthens the entire trunk.

Benefits of body lift procedures:

·       Body lift surgery helps tighten saggy/loose skin by removing excess skin and unwanted fat, leading to improved shape and tone of your body.

·       Removes skin folds that can help make physical activities more comfortable.

·       It can reduce irritation and chafing issues.

·       Body lift surgery helps make the weight loss effect more visible by contouring the body. Additionally, body lift further helps reduce 5 to 15 pounds after a lower body lift surgery.

·       Improved self-confidence and self-esteem, as you now comfortably embrace your body without skin sagging or unwanted folds.

If you want to know more about body contouring procedures after weight loss or cost of body contouring is your concern, do not hesitate to call Dr. Karishma Aesthetics, an accredited cosmetic center in Indiranagar, Bangalore, at +91 8042036382, +91 9108969006, or +91 7624809006 and schedule your one-on-one consultation today to achieve a gorgeous new figure and feel more confident.