If you've had weight loss surgery, your doctor no doubt prepared you for what you could expect after your operation. You knew you would be able to eat only small portions, and understood what your recovery process would entail.

But as the pounds melted off, you may not have been prepared for the loose, hanging skin left behind. Maybe you're wearing clothes a size or two larger than you otherwise would just to accommodate the sagging flesh on your arms, belly and thighs.

You've come so far—don't you deserve to enjoy all the benefits of your weight loss? Why carry that sagging skin around when body contouring surgery can free you of it and give you a sleeker, sexier body?

Complete your transformation to a slimmer you with body contouring surgery

The day you had bariatric surgery, you began your journey to a more youthful, attractive body. Now it's time for the finishing touch: body contouring surgery.

But when you're thinking about body contouring, it's important to choose a plastic surgeon who specializes in treating patients who have experienced massive weight loss.

Many plastic surgeons perform arm lifts and tummy tucks, but fewer have the expertise to perform comprehensive procedures like upper body lifts and lower body lifts.

Schedule a consultation with Dr. Sterry

This information is merely an introduction to body contouring surgery. To find out if you are an appropriate candidate, contact Dr. Sterry. In your personal consultation, he will evaluate you, listen to your goals for achieving a slimmer, more attractive body, and advise you on how you can achieve the look you desire.

If you've lost 100 pounds or more, you need to consider these advanced procedures that take a comprehensive approach reshaping your upper body or lower body.

Dr. Sterry offers an array of body contouring procedures

• An arm lift or brachioplasty is a cosmetic body contouring operation to remove excess skin hanging from the upper arms—sometimes called a bat-wing deformity
• An upper body lift is an arm lift combined with removal of the loose skin hanging from the armpit next to the breast, and any excess skin hanging from the upper back. In women patients, an upper body lift also includes a breast lift or breast reduction. An upper body lift for men typically includes male breast reduction."
• A lower body lift is a plastic surgery procedure that combines a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty with a buttock lift and outer thigh lift to rejuvenate the torso, thighs and buttocks.
• A tummy tuck is a surgical procedure that removes excess skin from the belly and tightens the muscles of a lax abdominal wall.
  
  

  
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• A panniculectomy is the surgical removal of the apron of loose skin and fat, known as the panniculus from the lower abdominal area. The abdominal muscles are not tightened as in a tummy tuck.
• A thigh lift or thighplasty is a plastic surgery procedure that removes excess skin and tissue from the upper legs. There are separate procedures to lift the outer and inner thighs.