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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

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Archive >  Bariatric Surgery 2005

Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss

The popularity in gastric bypass surgery has sparked a new trend in plastic surgery: facelifts for figures.

Susan E. Downey, MD

For many obese patients, bariatric surgery is only the first step in reinventing themselves. Once they've stabilized their body weights, many post-bariatric patients will undergo body contouring surgeries to help their skin fit their new bodies. Patients with size 28 skin sagging off of their suddenly size 8 bodies may need buttock lifts, upper arm lifts, lower body lifts, abdominoplasties, panniculectomies, breast lifts and breast reductions to remove the folds of excess, baggy skin - and to look as good as they feel.

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