Complete Your Weight Loss Transformation
I am amazed at the hard work and dedication some patients put into losing an excessive amount of weight. But for many, the embarrassment of excess sagging skin overshadows accomplishments.
Stretched skin often loses elasticity and droops from the body, hanging under the arms, inner thighs and knees, often hiding muscle they’ve worked hard to build. Excess skin cannot be toned, regardless of what exercises are done. This can understandably cause enormous disappointment. Cosmetic surgery is often the only answer to create a new figure.
An arm lift, performed by a board-certified plastic surgeon, can create smaller, firmer arms by removing hanging skin and fat. Thigh lifts can achieve the same goal in the thigh and knee area.
When you decide you’re ready for a surgical solution, find a surgeon whom you feel comfortable communicating with openly. Your surgeon should educate you on your options, and help you make a decision that will ultimately create the body you’ve worked hard to achieve.
Vanessa Voge, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and medical director of Plastic Surgical Specialists, a subdivision of Wichita Surgical Specialists, P.A. Dr. Voge provides personalized cosmetic plastic surgery on the body, breast, face and skin.
