Patient education
Body Lift: Guides
Twelve guides to the operation that continues past the front of the abdomen. They assume you have already read what an abdominoplasty is; what they add is what the extra reach buys, what it costs in anaesthetic time and recovery weeks, and when the smaller operation is the honest answer.
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12 guides
- What a Body Lift Addresses That a Tummy Tuck Does NotScope
- Upper or Lower Body Lift: Which Half of the Trunk Is the ProblemDeciding
- Circumferential or Staged: Should the Back Be Done at the Same Time?Deciding
- How Much Loose Skin One Operation Can Remove SafelyLimits
- The Weight-Stability Rule Before a Body LiftCandidacy
- The Back and the Flanks: Why the Far Side Heals DifferentlyAftercare
- The Buttock in a Lower Body Lift: Lift, Volume, or BothDeciding
- Body Lift After Major Weight Loss: What Tightens and What Does NotCandidacy
- Why Body Lift Recovery Is Measured in Weeks, Not DaysRecovery
- Sleeping Position, Garments and Drains After a Body LiftAftercare
- Clot and Wound Risk in a Longer Operation: How It Is PlannedRisks
- When a Tummy Tuck Alone Is the Honest AnswerCandidacy
Start by mapping the skin, not by choosing the operation
Arrange an assessment. We will say whether the excess skin sits at the front of the abdomen or continues around the trunk, whether one anaesthetic or two is the honest plan, and what the closure you cannot see will need.