How Body Contouring After GLP-1 Can Help
Have you recently experienced major weight loss after taking a GLP-1 medication such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro? Congratulations on your achievement!
Yet, while you’ve effectively reduced body fat, you may now be left with loose, excess skin that’s making it difficult to fully embrace the benefits of weight loss.
What’s worse, no amount of exercise or dieting can eliminate excess skin once it has lost its elasticity. But body contouring after GLP-1 can help.
Get the Most out of Your Post-Weight Loss Results
Rapid weight reduction, such as occurs with GLP-1 medications, often leaves behind stretched, sagging skin that doesn’t magically shrink back to fit your new body. Patients notice this phenomenon most frequently in the abdomen, arms, thighs, and face.
Fortunately, body contouring surgery offers a solution. The following procedures carefully remove excess skin and enhance natural curves to achieve a toned silhouette while avoiding an overly tightened appearance.
- Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
A tummy tuck removes excess skin (and fat, where applicable) to give patients a smoother and flatter abdomen. The procedure also involves the reconstruction of the abdominal wall musculature to tighten weak or distended muscles.
Removing excess skin while tightening and toning abdominal muscles improves posture and can also help those who struggle with chronic back pain. So there’s a nice bonus!
- Arm Lift (Brachioplasty)
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to an arm lift. The incision length and pattern will be determined by your surgeon and will depend on the location of your excess skin and how much needs to be removed.
Generally speaking, though, incisions are placed either on the back or the inside of the arm. Excess skin is removed, and the supportive tissue underneath is tightened and reshaped using internal sutures. The skin is then smoothed over to create a new and more toned upper arm.
- Thigh Lift
Also known as thighplasty, a thigh lift is a cosmetic surgery that delivers a contoured appearance by removing excess skin and, where applicable, fat.
Your board-certified plastic surgeon will likely recommend either an inner (medial) thigh lift or a standard thigh lift. With the former, excess skin is removed to give the top part of the inner thigh a more toned appearance. This is the most common type of thigh lift.
- Other Body Contouring Procedures
Of course, if you find that your breasts have lost elasticity after weight loss, you may consider a breast lift and/or augmentation to restore their shape and volume. Or if you’re finding excess skin on your face and neck, a facelift or neck lift can deliver an enhanced and more youthful appearance. With body contouring procedures, the possibilities are endless.
Are You a Good Candidate for Body Contouring After GLP-1?
The obvious first condition that makes you an ideal candidate for body contouring is that you’ve lost significant weight after a GLP-1 medication and are bothered by excess skin.
But because a body contouring procedure is a surgery, you must be in good overall health and have no uncontrolled medical conditions. You should also have maintained a stable weight for at least six months before the procedure. If you smoke, you’ll need to refrain from doing so before your procedure, as smoking can negatively impact the healing process and increase the risk of complications.
Two of the most important qualifications, though, are that you are realistic about the results of the contouring procedure and that you are willing to commit to a healthy lifestyle to maintain those results. If all of that checks out, you’re good to go!
It’s Time to Complete Your Weight Loss Transformation
There’s no need to feel embarrassed about sagging skin when body contouring after GLP-1 can help!
If you meet the qualifications that make you a good candidate for one of these surgeries, contact us today.
Our board-certified plastic surgeons will help you refine your figure and achieve a smoother and more sculpted appearance to celebrate your major weight loss victory.
