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Planning Bariatric Plastic Surgery in Stages

It is understandable and natural for patients who have undergone large amounts of weight loss to want to complete their body contouring surgeries as soon as possible. Getting the exterior part of the body to reflect your weight loss accomplishments completes the final physical step in the journey. But the concept of staging is Read More…

Planning Bariatric Plastic Surgery After Extreme Weight Loss

With extreme weight loss (100 pounds or greater), the excess skin that results is usually everywhere. While it may be problematic at one body area more than another, the loose skin often poses an overall concern that literally may be from head to toe. Since most body contouring patients have needs that exceed just Read More…

Suprapubic Liposuction in Lengthening of the Buried Penis

A buried or hidden penis is an uncommon condition of young male children and teenagers. There are numerous reasons for a buried penis including scar retraction from a prior circumcision, childhood obesity, and a congenitally small or short penis. Regardless of the cause, a concealed penis is a potential problem for an unobstructed urinary stream Read More…

Realistic Expectations after Body Contouring Surgery

With the euphoria that often comes with the anticipation of major body contouring surgery after a lot of weight loss (and who can blame you after all this time and effort you have put into it), is the reality of what plastic surgery can and can not do. I have observed that all body Read More…

Incisions are Key to a Good Facelift Result

Patients undergo facelifts to improve their neck and jawline but would ot consider visible or poor scarring a good trade-off in most cases. While many plastic surgeons can demonstrate how good their postoperative jawline, neck, and midface results are, it is equally important to have little to none of the telltale signs of having had Read More…

Current and Emerging Scar Treatments

The creation of a scar is the end result of the wound healing process, specifically the third phase of wound healing when new collagen is laid down. It is commonly believed that the inflammatory component of the wound healing process is essential for not only healing of the wound but the development of a scar as Read More…

The Timing of Body Contouring Surgery After Extreme Weight Loss

While some patients may be anxious to get on with the ‘final’ stage of their weight loss journey, it is important to wait until at least several months after you have reached your weight loss goal. This allows your body a period to recover and adjust metabolically to the new weight, allows time for Read More…

Body Contouring Surgery – When After Weight Loss?

Body contouring surgery can be technically performed on any massive weight loss patient. The important question, however, is whether you can go through the operation safely and heal after surgery with a reasonably low risk of potential complications. (there is no such thing as zero risk of complications in any surgery) Any patient’s candidacy Read More…

The Biology of Loose Skin after Extreme Weight Loss

The development of loose floppy skin after large amounts of weight loss (greater than 75 or 100 pounds) is a well recognized problem that occurs frequently. While it can be a surprise to some weight loss patients, it should not be. Whether the weight loss is from heroic dieting efforts or bariatric surgery, the Read More…

Bariatric Plastic Surgery – Body Contouring After Large Weight Loss

In large weight loss patients, through bariatric surgery or from their own dieting program, excess skin is almost always left behind. If the excess skin is considerable, this results in a ‘new’ problem. The body may be smaller, but the large folds of skin cause problems of personal embarrassment, the need to still buy Read More…