Beverly Hills, California (PressExposure) April 10, 2010 -- Bariatric surgery has become a prevalent procedure for assisting those who are obese to lose weight when other attempts at weight loss have failed. While bariatrics helps many people, many of these same people remain dissatisfied with their appearance after surgery due to a large amount of sagging skin left afterwards. There are several factors which influence how a person's body will react to the quick loss of weight which bariatrics offers, and in fact the same issues sometimes present themselves when an individual loses a large amount of weight through more ordinary measures such as extreme dieting.
A person's genetic profile has a measure of influence over how the skin will react to sudden weight loss. Some will experience a more elastic rebound while so many others won't experience this at all, but rather the skin will hold its shape after the fat is gone, resulting in a virtual apron of skin hanging off the body in the abdominal area. Some other factors affecting the resiliency of your skin are sun exposure, smoking and age. It's a common problem, and there are ways of coping.
Tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) are quite common as a resource after bariatric surgery, as are breast lifts and/ or augmentation. Another type of procedure common these days is what is known as the body lift, which is used in cases where the post bariatric patient has the excess skin folding both in the front and in the back. The body lift surgery has the advantage of addressing the abdomen, the back and the buttocks, along with the thighs and pubic areas of the body.
There have been some studies indicating that it is advisable to allow some time after major weight loss in order for the patient to reach an equilibrium in their dietary habits, having established their new and permanent body mass index before going ahead with cosmetic surgeries which are intended to be permanent solutions resulting in the desired culmination of all of the patient's efforts to lose weight and achieve their final goal of satisfaction- their own idea of what is aesthetic.
If you should decide that you're interested in post bariatric aesthetic surgery, talk with your bariatric surgeon about referrals to an aesthetic surgeon in your area. Check around for perspective; there are many qualified resources today to help with your post surgery concerns.
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