Massive Loss of Weight

The correction of the massive loss of weight is the procedure that will permit us to remove the skin that has lost its elasticity by the action of the ?loosening? that the fat caused.

When we accumulate overweight, the skin, that is an elastic membrane, adapts through its elasticity. To the extent that is diminished of weight, whether by means of surgery or more conservative treatment, the fat disappears, but the skin not.? Thus, in a person that has lost the excess of weight in a rank of 27kg (60lb) to 110kg (250lb) we can find:

• Fallen Cheeks and chin
• Arms with redundant skin (in bat wings)
• Breasts falls
• Abdominal folds by excess of skin
• Thighs with redundant skin

But the question arises: When to carry out the surgery?

The majority of the patients become good candidates for the surgery when the excess of skin does not permit them to carry out their daily activities. Now well, it is possible that once the patients start to lose weight, they can go carrying out some procedures, although this requires of the individualization of the cases and an exhaustive valuation on the part of the Dr. Cárdenas one.

Thus, it is possible to offer these patients:

• facial Lifting in cases of fallen Cheeks and Chin
• Brachioplasty and liposuction in arms with redundant skin
• Mammary Reduction or lifting in fallen breasts
• Abdominoplasty in cases of abdominal folds by excess of skin
• Circumferential Abdominoplasty
• Liposuction and dermolipectomy in Thighs with redundant skin

Now well, in cases where the loss of weight is smaller in a rank from 15 to 30kg, the majority of the times only with carrying out an abdominoplasty we will obtain optimum results.