Plastic Surgery and Body Contouring after Gastric Bypass Surgery

Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery - Houston, Texas

Areas of concern for gastric bypass patients

Patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and the subsequent significant weight loss may have numerous but similar areas of concern. These areas include:

• Loss of breast volume and droopiness - Mastopexy is a procedure to lift the breasts and may be performed with or without the addition of breast implants to improve shape, fullness and cleavage.

• Sagging facial skin - Facelift, forehead lift and eyelid surgery may be necessary to achieve complete facial rejuvenation, or you may be a candidate for endoscopic or minimally invasive techniques.

• Excess abdominal skin and a laxity of the muscles of the abdominal wall - Abdominoplasty or a lower body lift procedure can contour the abdomen, hips and buttocks.

• Excess skin under the arms - Brachioplasty is a technique to lift the arms.

• Wrinkling and excessive bagginess of the thighs - A medial thigh lift can lift the inner thighs.

Not all of these concerns can be addressed simultaneously during one operation. However, two procedures usually can be safely combined. During your consultation, Dr. Busselberg will assess your anatomy as well as your own priorities to help you develop a plan for your body contouring. It is not uncommon to combine a tummy tuck with a breast lift (with or without the addition of breast implants), or a thigh lift with an arm lift, as well as other combinations of procedures.

After your body contouring surgery
You will notice an improvement in your body contour immediately. However, your shape will continue to improve in the following weeks as the mild swelling subsides. You should be up and walking the day following surgery, although you will be sore for several days. You should be able to resume your normal daily activities within several days following surgery, and you should be able to resume all of your physical activities within three to four weeks of surgery.

Areas of concern for gastric bypass patients

Patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and the subsequent significant weight loss may have numerous but similar areas of concern. These areas include:

• Loss of breast volume and droopiness - Mastopexy is a procedure to lift the breasts and may be performed with or without the addition of breast implants to improve shape, fullness and cleavage.

• Sagging facial skin - Facelift, forehead lift and eyelid surgery may be necessary to achieve complete facial rejuvenation, or you may be a candidate for endoscopic or minimally invasive techniques.

• Excess abdominal skin and a laxity of the muscles of the abdominal wall - Abdominoplasty or a lower body lift procedure can contour the abdomen, hips and buttocks.

• Excess skin under the arms - Brachioplasty is a technique to lift the arms.

• Wrinkling and excessive bagginess of the thighs - A medial thigh lift can lift the inner thighs.

Not all of these concerns can be addressed simultaneously during one operation. However, two procedures usually can be safely combined. During your consultation, Dr. Busselberg will assess your anatomy as well as your own priorities to help you develop a plan for your body contouring. It is not uncommon to combine a tummy tuck with a breast lift (with or without the addition of breast implants), or a thigh lift with an arm lift, as well as other combinations of procedures.

If you have undergone gastric bypass, lap-band or weight loss surgery, have reached your goal weight, and are interested in removing excess skin or body contouring procedures - please contact us for a consultation.