Dramatic reductions in weight usually result in an unsightly byproduct - lots of saggy, dropping skin. Fortunately modern technology and plastic surgery has made it possible for you to trim up and tighten your skin to heighten and complete your weight loss joy. The most popular surgeries after serious amount of weight loss are arm lifts and thigh lifts.
An arm lift, also known as Brachioplasty, is a procedure designed to get rid of extra, stretched out skin on your upper arms. To perform this procedure, a cosmetic surgeon will first give you an anesthetic, usually either an intravenous sedative or general anesthesia. Then he or she will make an incision along the inside of your arm from the armpit to the elbow. The incision can also be made at the back of the arm. If you feel that you need to get rid of the additional fat from your arms, your surgeon can suck out the excess by liposuction at this point. The plastic surgeon then reshapes the tissue and tightens it by placing permanent sutures. He or she removes the excess arm skin and stretches the remaining skin to sew it back up.
An arm lift can be performed in an outpatient facility or a hospital and it usually only takes an hour or two to complete. The bandages and stitches will be removed after several days and you can be back to work or other normal activities (excluding exercise) within a week. The recovery from an arm lift includes some swelling and bruising as well as pain that can be managed with medications. The main negative side effect of an arm lift is the scar left on the arm. You just have to decide whether you would rather have tight arms with a long scar or flabby arms with no scar.
A thigh lift can help you get rid of loose and dimpled skin on your upper legs. There are three different types of thigh lifts. These include lift on the areas of the inner thigh, the bilateral thigh, and the medial thigh. They all target slightly different areas and differ in the exact positioning and size of the incision. In general however a thigh lift is performed as an incision is made somewhere between the thigh and the pubic area. Some excess skin (and fat by means of liposuction, if desired) is excised and the remaining skin is pulled up to meet at the incision and is stitched back together. All of the lifts are intended to reshape the leg and reduce the look of sagging skin and cellulite.
The recovery for a thigh lift is very similar to that of an arm lift, but with slower healing. It will typically take two weeks before you can go back to work and three weeks before the swelling really starts to subside. You may find it uncomfortable to sit or lay on your back for awhile. When you do heal, there will be scars, but they are usually easily hidden by swimsuit lines or underwear lines.
And there are also physical technological developments that are of immense value, some of which are spin-offs between the proximity of cosmetic skin care to medical treatment for skin diseases and injuries.
One of these is cosmetic laser skin care, which has evolved from work done to treat serious skin conditions, like burns for example, and have spun off into a market all of it's own.
Laser skin care means a range of treatment options that have revolutionized the cosmetic skin care market and made a vast difference to the lives of thousands, if not millions, of people worldwide.
Here are couple of well-known areas that are becoming very widely used in cosmetic laser skin care market.
- Laser Hair Removal
This is a skilled process, whereby hair is removed from those places that women (and, of course men!) prefer it not to be! It works by zapping the hair follicles, rendering them unable to produce hair for a lengthy period.
Sometimes more than one treatment may be required and it is likely that there may need to be some re-treatment in the future. But for a prolonged solution to unwanted hair, laser hair removal does the job and removes the need for messy, fiddly and sometime painful other depilatory activities that you may have to undertake.
Whilst upfront, it may look an expensive option, when costs and regularity of other hair removal treatment styles are considered, it gets a lot closer and without the fuss. And this small incremental price is one that many people are now prepared to look at.
- Laser Wrinkle Removal
We are inundated by popular magazines and newspapers speculating about who has had what done (and sometimes where, as well!), in the world of entertainment and I think you might agree, many of them look really great!
In this version of laser skin care, commonly (but not exclusively) used by those getting on in years a bit, lasers are used to smooth out and even remove wrinkles that appear on the face and sometimes even other bits of the body that might be susceptible.
Typically these would be around the eyes and mouth, though some other baggy areas can be reduced, to give back some years to those who have aged either prematurely of naturally - and wish to look younger. Though it is just that sometimes clients are simply concerned that they may look a bit unnatural and the work will make them blend in a bit easier.
It's a very successful process and usually quite painless, producing excellent results. It can be quite expensive and though there is a price to pay, many clients are very satisfied with the results, although some treatments may not be completed in one go. You might need to have several bits done over a period of a few months.
If you are a progressive thinker, do your research well, especially after consulting your doctor first to ensure that you are suitable, then laser skin care is a valuable additional option now available widely and producing excellent results.
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Aaaronson has sinced written about articles on various topics from Cosmetic Surgery, Dieting and Cosmetic Surgery. Losing weight is surely a rewarding experience but getting rid of the excess saggy skin after weight loss seems impossible.