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Body Lift New York City, Body Lift NYC – Manhattan, Long Island

A body lift, or belt lipectomy, is a procedure that helps to remove excess body fat and skin that is left hanging after a dramatic weight loss. Most of our patients who undergo a body lift have had gastric bypass surgery (post-bariatric) to help them get to a healthy weight. Unfortunately, once they have reached their goal weight they are left with the skin that once fit around their formerly larger body.

This can be extremely discouraging to our body lift New York City patients because they are a smaller size now but still do not feel comfortable in their own skin. Wearing clothing that exposes skin can be terribly embarrassing for them. Additionally, exercise can be impeded due to the extra skin and fatty tissue that hangs in all the wrong places. They experience rashes, skin infections, and extreme discomfort from chafing of the skin that occurs during activities such as walking.

Body Lift New York City Surgeon, Dr. Theodore Diktaban

Our body lift NYC and Long Island surgeon, Dr. Theodore Diktaban, can remove extra skin on the arms, breasts, legs/thighs, buttocks, groin (inner thigh) and abdomen is collectively referred to as a body lift. It effectively “lifts” the entire body, tightening up the skin by removing the excess tissue and restoring a more normal appearance. Patients can lose several pounds of skin and fat as well as several clothing sizes during the body lift procedure.

 

How Our Body Lift Procedures are Done

The patient must be put under general anesthesia for the body lift procedure. An anesthesiologist (medical doctor who specializes in anesthesia) will administer the general anesthesia and monitor the patient during the body lift surgery. Vitals including blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, heart rate, and respiration are all carefully observed. Once the patient is stabilized, the actual surgery can begin. At the discretion of our body lift New York City surgeon, Dr. Diktaban, he may or may not also perform laser liposuction (using SmartLipo) in addition to physically cutting away and removing the extra skin on the arms.

Arm Lift

The arm lift is performed by our body lift NYC specialist by marking the areas that are to be cut away with a felt tip marker. Again, many times the plastic surgeon will perform liposuction prior to cutting away the extra skin. This thins it out and prepares the area so that only a thin layer of skin is left when the surgeon does the actual cutting. The section of excess skin will then be cut away with a scalpel and removed. The arms are closed up and wrapped with a flexible fabric bandage to aid in healing.

Breast Lift

Next, our body lift New York City expert plastic surgeon moves down the body to the breasts. In both men and women who have lost a great deal of weight, a breast lift is often times in order. Liposuction is used for the breast lift in male patients and then the incisions are made to help the plastic surgeon tighten up the remaining skin and reposition the nipple higher up on the chest. This results in a trim contour that is flattering for the male physique. If you are a male patient looking for more information about how to have male breast reduction surgery, click here.

On the other hand, with female patients liposuction of the breasts is not appropriate for obvious reasons unless a breast reduction is requested. In a breast lift, the breast tissue is left intact and a keyhole incision is made around the areola (outer rim of the nipple) and down to the crease of the breast. This allows our body lift NYC plastic surgeon to cut out the excess skin and lift the breast up to a more youthful position.