Bodylift

The surgery usually begins with the patient facing down on the stomach or laying sideways, and after the back region is finished the patient is again turned to the back-down position to be completed with the abdominoplasty, thus complementing the entire circumference of the waist.

It is a long and complex surgery that requires experience and routine on the part of the plastic surgeon.

In the postoperative period, the patient must wear compression clothing for about a month and must allow for a gradual increase in activity.

There will be changes in the suture line just above the buttocks (as a result of the patient’s tendency to stoop at the time of personal hygiene leading to a traction on the suture).

This usually leads to a wider scar in the posterior surgical area. It is also possible for there to be some numbness in the area above and sometimes below the incisions, some residual flaccidity and irregularity of the skin together with the common side effects of any surgical procedure.

Recovery is prolonged because of the requirement to avoid flexing the waist for a month until adequate healing has occurred.

The results are a significant improvement in body contour.