Risks of body contouring surgery
One of the most popular plastic surgery procedures is gastric bypass surgery (or other similar surgeries with names like bariatric surgery, weight loss surgery, obesity surgery, etc.). Since this procedure inevitably leads to rapid weight loss and excess skin, surgeons recommend that patients undergo a procedure called the body contouring.
Dr. Jason A. Spector, assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, and assistant attending surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, lists some of the risks of body contouring surgery that patients need to be aware of:
- Blood loss during the procedure itself and a very small risk of clots
- Abdominal hernias or fibrosis, and,
- Complications with healing of the wounds
- Scarring (Scars resulting from body contouring are often positioned to lie below the underwear/bikini line, for example, and surgeons use precision liposuction to “smooth out” uneven areas that arise after drastic weight loss.)
For most patients, the road from an unhealthy, disabling obesity to a slimmer, healthier and more attractive body is a long one, Dr. Spector says. But most say they are more than willing to take that journey.
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