Sculpt Your Best Shape
Loose skin and stretched tissues tend to stick around after losing weight while also covering up your new shape. Body contouring can help you by removing that extra skin, improving your body’s shape, and giving you smoother, firmer contours to show off your hard work.
Dr. Boris M. Ackerman provides personalized body-contouring procedures in Newport Beach, helping patients in Orange County achieve a more sculpted, well-proportioned look with natural-looking results.
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Major weight loss often contributes to the development of skin laxity. Folds of skin can obscure the contours of your new figure and cause uncomfortable skin irritation. This can be problematic because of the hard work you’ve put into transforming your silhouette. Body contouring includes several surgical options designed to tighten and define different areas of the body.
The best candidates for body contouring are people who have lost a lot of weight and still have loose, stretched skin that doesn’t get better with diet or exercise. Ideal candidates:
Body contouring can make you feel more comfortable, boost your confidence, and improve your body’s shape after major weight loss. Some other benefits include:
Your body-contouring journey starts with a personal consultation to assess your body, skin, and goals after weight loss. Dr. Ackerman creates a custom surgical plan to help you get smoother, firmer, and more balanced body contours.
Body lift is a surgical procedure in which the entire outer thigh and buttock complex are lifted as one unit. This is a more modern and advanced technique where the incisions are hidden within the bikini lines, as opposed to the more visible area around the buttock crease. A body lift can be performed as an isolated procedure, but is more commonly performed with either an abdominoplasty or an inner thigh lift.
Dr. Ackerman strives to provide his weight-loss patients with natural-looking body-contouring results that highlight their new physique. Different lifting techniques may be implemented as a part of your body contouring process, such as:
Abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck surgery, is performed to restore firmness to the abdominal area. Excess skin is trimmed away from the stomach, and the incision may be extended to include the hips and lower back.
Body lift targets the thighs and buttocks as a single unit. Lifting this area slims the thighs and also restores shape to the buttocks. This technique involves creating an incision along the bikini line, rather than along the buttocks.
An inner thigh lift removes excess skin folds from the upper inner thigh. This restores the legs’ shape and eliminates any painful irritation.
Arm lift treats the appearance of a “bat wing” that people often develop following significant weight loss. This technique trims away excess skin from the underside of the upper arm.
Many choose to combine their body-contouring procedures to treat multiple areas at once for more balanced results.
After losing a lot of weight, many women notice stretched skin, reduced breast volume, and sagging, which can change their body shape. A breast lift removes extra skin and reshapes the breast tissue to give a firmer, more youthful look.
Losing weight can also make the buttocks look flatter. A buttock augmentation will help clients restore that fullness and balance your waist, hips, and thighs with the rest of your body.
Weight loss can affect your face too, causing loose skin, hollow spots, or loss of facial volume. A facelift, neck lift, or facial fat grafting, combined with your body contouring, can give you smoother, younger-looking results overall.
Your Guide to Post-Body Contouring Care
The length of your recovery can vary depending on the number of areas being treated and the extent of correction needed. You will wear a compression garment throughout your recovery to minimize postoperative swelling and improve your results. Most people can return to work and low-impact activities after two weeks. It may be four weeks before you can resume your regular workout routine.
The price of body contouring in Newport Beach and Orange County depends on how many areas you want treated, how much correction is needed, and whether you combine procedures. Other costs, such as anesthesia, facility fees, and recovery garments, can also affect the total price.
Dr. Ackerman’s office will give you a personalized plan and a detailed cost estimate during your consultation.
Dr. Boris M. Ackerman is a Board-certified plastic surgeon in Newport Beach and the greater Orange County area known for his skilled techniques and customized approach to body contouring after weight loss. He is a member of the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), and the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). Dr. Ackerman uses advanced surgical skills and is dedicated to achieving natural-looking, elegant results.
His QUAD-A accredited surgical center also offers excellent care, modern technology, and a comfortable experience from your first visit through recovery.
To schedule a body-contouring consultation with our board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Ackerman, in Newport Beach, call our office at (949) 759-3284.