Question:
How long is the surgical time for the body lift?
Answer:
The body lift procedure comprises a full abdominoplasty, anterolateral thigh lift and buttock lift at once with a circumferential incision that extends from the suprapubic area, goes towards the hip bones and all the way towards the back ending up between the buttock cheeks. This operation can take up to four to six hours to perform. There is a lot of positioning involved and it all depends also on the amount of skin and fat that is to be removed but it is a tremendous technique that can contour and shape the entire lower body and abdomen, especially in patients who have lost massive amount of weight, either on their own or following a gastric bypass.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.