plastic surgery after weight loss
Body contouring delivers dramatic improvement after bariatric surgery as seen in the before and after photos of a patient three months after abdominoplasty (tummy tuck).
Body Contouring After Bariatric Surgery: Completing Your Journey
Paralleling the increasing use of bariatric surgery, there is a high demand for body contouring through plastic surgery. Following massive weight loss, patients are left with substantial folds of redundant skin that cause significant functional and aesthetic impairments on the trunk, buttocks, breast, upper arms, thighs and face. These disfigurements cannot be resolved by diet and exercise. Rather, body contouring procedures, such asthe abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) that I recently undertook,provide dramatic results and restore the body's natural contour.
A recentstudy published inObesitySurgerymeasured the impact on health quality of life (HRQoL) of body contouring surgery after bariatric surgery versus bariatric surgery alone. The study showed that body contouring procedures significantly improved patients' HRQoL, in comparison to those who had only gastric bypass.
Researchers concluded that the treatment of morbid obesity should not be deemed achieved unless plastic surgery has been considered.
By reshaping the body into its ideal proportions, the true success of the weight loss surgery is fully realized. Yet a dichotomy exists: According to research widely published in medical journalsObesity Surgery,Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, & Aesthetic Surgery, andNorth American Journal of Medical Sciencea global disparity exists between the number of patients who desire body contouring surgery and those who actually receive it.
To bring these study findings to light, and answer some of our readers' questions, I sat down withDr. Joseph F. Capellato gain his real-world perspective.
Dr. Joseph F. Capella, M.D., F.A.C.S., Plastic Surgery after Weight Loss
Dr. Capella dedicates his practice tocosmetic surgery and plastic surgery after weight loss.
Dr. Capella has performed more than 10,000 body contouring surgical procedures on weight loss patients representing one of the largest experiences in the world. He also has assisted in more than 1,000 bariatric procedures. Dr. Joseph F. Capella is certified by theAmerican Board of Plastic Surgeryand is a member of theAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeonsand theAmerican College of Surgeons. He is the Chief of Post-Bariatric surgery atHackensack University Medical Centerand has a private plastic surgery practice with offices in New Jersey and New York.
Dr. Capella performedmy abdominoplastyon April 18, 2013, andmy upper and lower body lift and inner thigh lifton October 10, 2013.
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