This 35 year-old woman is a hair stylist. She had a laparoscopic gastric bypass13 months prior to having plastic surgery. She lost about 160 lbs. Her weight going into this surgery was about 215 lbs and a BMI of 35. Three weeks after having a lower body lift, her weight was 204 lbs. You will notice that she no longer has a belly button. This was discussed before the surgery and the difficulty in keeping it due to the excessive stretching. She preferred to simply remove it if there were any concerns.

Six weeks later, she had an arm lift, breast lift, and resection of the excess skin along the lateral chest. This required a length-wise incision from her armpit to the waistline. Six weeks after this procedure, she had an inner thigh left. This surgery produced a minor complication when the incision separated slightly in the upper thigh area. This healed with local wound care. She also had some thickening of the scar along the lateral chest wall area.

Nine months after initiating the surgical process, the patient weighed 178 lbs (BMI is now 28) and was in a size 12 clothes. Because of the additional weight loss, we are planning additional skin resection from the abdominal area.

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