Plastic Surgery After Gastric Bypass

PLASTIC SURGERY OPTIONS AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS SUCCESS


AN OVERVIEW

Obesity is a malady, which affects an increasing proportion of those in the developed economies. Obesity is best managed using a multifaceted approach which could well range from restricting of calories intake and exercise to gastric bypass procedures and gastric banding.

The surgery could well succeed in controlling Obesity in most - the plastic surgery options after gastric bypass success needs be adopted in some if not all who have undergone gastric bypass procedures.


AREAS OF AFFLICTION

The areas of affliction are multiple - as it affects predominantly abdomen, breasts, arms and thighs. This being the realm of plastic surgery - the plastic operations of choice is varied and could well range from tummy tuck - better known as abdominoplasty, breast lift in females while it is gynaecomastia excision in the males. The plastic surgery options after gastric bypass could well include a range of lifts - Upper arm lift, lower body lift, medial arm lift or even a face-lift in addition to the more familiar liposuction.


THE AESTHETIC MANTRA

The objective being predictably to improve the appearance by utilizing the modality of plastic surgery options after gastric bypass success. The major modalities of plastic surgery, which have universal acceptance being:

* Tummy Tuck - Abdominoplasty
* Brachioplasty


TUMMY TUCK - THE PLASTIC SURGERY OPTION

The now familiar term - Tummy Tuck - is fast becoming the buzzword for the Obese - is better known in medical parlance as "Abdominoplasty". This then is a cosmetic procedure wherein the excess skin and muscles from the abdomen is invariably surgically removed. This is complementary to the core concept of tightening of the muscles along the abdominal wall.

The demographic profile of choice for the plastic surgery option after gastric bypass success being a near fit male or female with excess skin and fat localized to the abdomen.
The timing of this plastic surgery is significant and the plastic surgeon would advocate women to delay the plastic surgery until all possible weight is lost and pregnancies completed before undergoing surgery.


THE APPROACH - COSMETIC OR THEREPEUTIC

The plastic surgery option of choice after gastric bypass success is undeniably the Tummy Tuck and would well be approached through a supra pubic region incision using endoscopic instruments The plastic procedure works well in conjunction with liposuction for most.

SUSTAINABILITY AND PLASTIC SURGERY OPTIONS

The sustainability of plastic surgery options after gastric bypass success depends exclusively on adoption of a disciplined regime in the domain of diet and exercise for extended periods of time.

RECURRENCE AND EFFICACY

The efficacy degree of plastic surgery options after gastric bypass success - be it Brachioplasty or the more familiar Tummy Tuck would scarcely show sustained results should the post operative precautions of controlled calorie intake and sustained exercise and workouts not be adhered to.