360 Circumferential Lower Body Lift After Morbid Obesity + Massive Weight Loss*

For patients who have lost a massive amount of weight, the lower body can become one of the hardest areas to improve without surgery.  Our patient is a 32-year-old White male who was formerly morbidly obese and reached a maximum weight of 440 pounds before lowering his weight to 154 pounds through diet and exercise.  Even after that incredible success, he was left with excess skin around the waistline and lower body that could not shrink on its own.  Because stretched skin usually does not tighten after major weight loss, Dr. Timothy Katzen performed a circumferential lower body lift under general anesthesia.  During this post-weight-loss plastic surgery procedure, Dr. Katzen removed loose skin and soft tissue around the abdomen, hips, lower back, buttocks, and outer thighs in a 360-degree pattern.  In simple terms, this operation treats the lower body all around, helping create a smoother waist, a flatter abdomen, improved buttock position, and a more sculpted contour.  These 1-year after photos show remarkable body lift results, with reduced skin overhang, better lower-body definition, and a more proportional shape.  For patients with hanging skin after weight loss, lower-body lift surgery can be a powerful final step.  Our patient’s results demonstrate how circumferential body contouring after weight loss can refine the body from every angle and help the outside finally match the effort and life change that made the weight loss possible.