Body Lift Surgery: Assessment, Risks and Recovery

Body lift surgery removes and reshapes selected excess skin and tissue, often after substantial weight change. It can involve the abdomen, flanks, back or buttock region and is a major operation with extensive scars and recovery needs.

Assessment and planning

The surgeon should assess weight stability, skin and tissue distribution, scars, nutrition, health, medicines, smoking, previous operations, mobility and expectations. Staging procedures may be safer than combining multiple large operations.

Risks and limitations

Risks include bleeding, infection, fluid collection, wound separation, delayed healing, skin loss, wide scars, asymmetry, altered sensation, contour irregularity, blood clots, anaesthetic complications, dissatisfaction and revision. Surgery cannot guarantee a transformative result or a particular lifestyle change.

Recovery and quotation

Assistance, wound care, mobility and follow-up should be planned before surgery. Recovery varies and can be prolonged. Request an itemised quotation identifying the named contracted surgeon and hospital, exact areas, anaesthesia, tests, garments, stay, medicines, follow-up and complication arrangements.

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