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A body lift in Los Angeles is designed to tighten the skin of a patient all the way around their body. The improvements may be dramatic. Patients who benefit from this surgery have typically lost a large amount of weight and have significant deformity from skin laxity. The body lift may address the lower body or the upper torso.
He’s published extensive clinical research exploring the safety of combined surgical procedures.
He regularly leads courses on body contouring for both The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS).
He is frequently featured in the media such as The New York Times, The Learning Channel, and the Dr. Phil show.
He was the plastic surgeon for all patients in the first three seasons of ABC television’s “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition”.
He served as the plastic surgeon and consultant for NBC television’s hit “The Biggest Loser”.
Our patient, a dedicated fitness competitor, set off on a transformative journey to shed a significant 200 pounds through diligent exercise and a well-curated diet regimen. Though this journey stood as a testament to his unwavering determination, it unfortunately resulted in significant excess skin and loss of self-esteem due to his resulting... Read More
A 45-year-old woman came to Dr. David Stoker after an incredible weight loss journey of over 120 pounds following bariatric surgery. While her achievement was remarkable, she faced the challenge of significant excess skin, which affected her confidence and overall appearance. Determined to regain her sense of self, she opted for a Body Lift a... Read More
After experiencing dramatic weight loss, this 59-year-old patient from Los Angeles was left frustrated with extreme skin wrinkling on her buttocks, thighs, and abdomen as a result of previous liposuction procedures that didn't account for her skin elasticity. She then embarked on a search for a skillful plastic surgeon who could successfully... Read More
Body lifts following massive weight loss are an area of specialization for me. I perform hundreds of major operations on weight loss patients to tighten loose skin and improve body contour. I’ve published extensively in journal articles and textbook chapters on combined surgical procedures, body contouring and body lifts. In courses that I teach for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Surgery, I include instruction on techniques and safety for these procedures.
Techniques
Body lifts can be performed in two different ways, to treat either the upper or the lower body:
Lower body lift: The lower body lift is the most common type of body lift in my practice. It typically includes a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty), thigh lift and buttocks lift performed at the same time. The incision is concealed around the waistline so that it’s not visible when wearing underwear or a bikini.
Upper body lift: For patients with severe skin laxity of the upper torso, an upper body lift may be the appropriate treatment. This typically includes a bra line back lift and upper abdominoplasty. The procedure is individualized for the particular patient.
Educated at some of the most elite institutions in the country, Dr. David Stoker uses his highly advanced knowledge to ensure that each patient achieves beautiful, harmonious results — whether it's through a simple non-surgical procedure or a more advanced surgical transformation. Learn more about his unique credentials and his approach to plastic surgery.
Candidates for body lifts typically have lost large amounts of weight. They should be healthy and well nourished without vitamin or mineral deficiencies. They should not smoke, as smoking increases the risk of complications.
Recovery
Patients usually take at least one week off from work following a body lift. I encourage patients to ambulate shortly after surgery. They may resume full exercise approximately 6 weeks following surgery.
Risks
Possible risks of a body lift include delayed wound healing, bleeding, infection, seroma and venous blood clots. I take many precautions to minimize the risk of each of these complications. With diligent care, each of these complications may be treated and still result in a happy outcome from body lift surgery.
This is a beautiful 59-year-old mother of two who lost 30 or 40 pounds and obviously is very lean. She went to another surgeon and had a really extensive liposuction of her body. Her choice, but it removed any kind of volume underneath her skin and so it really exacerbated this laxity, which I would say is some of the most extreme I've ever seen.
You go ahead and squeeze your butt muscles together. You can see how it just ... It's not. If you could see her face how I'm pretty she is, you'd see this is particularly problematic for her. Go ahead and relax. We're going to remove a very large amount of skin all the way around here and lift this up. It's going to be what I expect would be an extreme improvement for her, one of the most extreme possible.
Because of all the internal scarring from the previous liposuction, it's extremely difficult to smooth this out. I'm going to tighten her all the way around. Go ahead and rotate to the side a little bit for me. You can see how flat her bottom is here. I'm going to double up the fat here. There's not much to double up but what she does have I'm going to give her, to increase and create some curves up here. There's still no volume down here, I can't do much about that.
Go ahead and face the window. The biggest challenge will be trying to get this to be a smooth contour in here to fit underneath her bikini but I think it's going to be a vast improvement for her. I don't think this is currently acceptable at all to her and you can understand why this might really bother somebody to have this much extra skin back here. I'm going to get to it and take care of that today.
Here we are six days post-op and I am so excited to see this beautiful result. Honestly, it exceeded my expectations. We 100% got rid of the wrinkles and laxity on her backside here. If we just have her tilt a little bit to each side, you see everything is nice and smooth on the profile view. Go ahead and turn to the side for me. You can see that she's got a little bit of a bump here. That was not easy for us to accomplish but I was able to do that by overlapping the layers of tissue back here and sculpting out a better-looking bottom.
We've got a two-week spectacular result here I'm so excited about. We performed a circumferential body lift, removing essentially this much extra skin on this patient who had lost weight and had really extensive liposuction done before. She had very extensive wrinkling down in her lower buttocks and her thighs all the way down to her knees. It's almost as though her skin was like her pants being down around her knees.
I was able to pull all that up, hide it all in an incision around her bikini line here. Let's have her rotate. As you can see here, we've got a little bit of curvature of the buttocks, which is really hard to achieve because she didn't have much padding back there. She's got a beautiful curve here, she's got a flat abdomen in the front and her butt is looking better than ever. One thing that you can't see is that she has a sunburn on her shoulders here because she was out at the beach this weekend enjoying her new body. I'm very excited for her.
For more information on buttocks lifts, thigh lifts and body lifts following weight loss, please click here: https://www.drstoker.com/after-weight-loss/thigh-lift/
Dr. Stoker performs plastic surgery in Los Angeles but is recognized by patients, peers, and publications such as The New York Times as one of the top plastic surgeons in the nation. You may recognize Dr. Stoker from his appearances on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" as well as contributions to "The Today Show," "Dr. Phil," and "The Doctors."
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