Question:
I have lost over 70 pounds and I have a lot of loose sagging skin. I have heard a body lift can fix this but are there any less invasive alternatives?
Answer:
Unfortunately, after massive weight loss such as yours there is going to be a significant amount of excess skin, again, especially in the lower abdomen, the thighs and the buttocks and the body lift in the best procedure to address all of these at once. There is no nonsurgical way to removal all of this excess skin and a less invasive procedure such as an abdominoplasty or even an extended abdominoplasty would address the tummy and possible the thighs but it would not address the posterior thighs or the buttocks. Again, only the body lift can address all of these issues at once correcting all of the sagging skin and shaping and contouring the body.
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.