Body Lift in Toronto

Massive weight loss is known to leave people with excess skin and stubborn, localized fat deposits on the body. While you might wish to celebrate your weight loss, a finishing touch is needed to achieve a satisfactory appearance. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Mahmood Kara performs a body lift in Toronto to remove loose skin, allowing your slimmer figure to emerge.

To find out more about body lift, request a complimentary consultation online or call (800) 390-5611. We offer our first-time consultation patients a free microdermabrasion treatment as our way of saying "thank you" for considering us.

Choosing to Get a Body Lift: Who's a Good Candidate?

Depending on your body shape and amount of weight lost, you may feel the need to undergo either a lower or upper body lift in Toronto. In the case of a lower body lift, you can expect to see a more toned thigh area, buttocks, abdomen and hips. Meanwhile, Dr. Kara may perform an upper body lift to correct sagging of the chest or breasts and the upper arms.

Patients who elect body lift surgery have lost about 50% of their body weight either through dedicated diet and exercise or bariatric surgery, like a LAP-BAND®. Following this immense change, discomfort, hygiene issues and self-consciousness may prevail.

To undergo a body lift with Dr. Kara, you should be at a stable body weight—this means you do not intend on losing any more weight. You should also be a non-smoker as this will promote a healthy recovery.

Your Body Lift in Toronto

When you meet with Dr. Kara for your consultation for a body lift in Vaughan, Whitby or Toronto, he will detail the customized techniques he will use for your surgery. Generally, though, a body lift takes two to five hours to complete and is done under a general anesthesia. Dr. Kara will take care to make incisions in the natural folds of your skin where they are minimally visible.

The body lift procedure is circumferential and Dr. Kara will make incisions around your midsection. There he will remove the excess hanging skin and use liposuction to remove localized fat deposits. When he has removed an adequate amount of skin, he will redrape it in a more taut appearance and close the incisions with sutures.

If Dr. Kara is performing an upper body lift, specifically on the breasts or chest, he will make minimally-visible incisions around the nipple and down across the breast crease. Here, he will remove excess skin and possibly fat to lift and tone the chest or breasts. In some cases, saline or silicone breast implants in Toronto, may be inserted to restore fullness to the breasts. To remove excess skin on the upper arms, Dr. Kara will make an incision inside your arm from the elbow to the armpit. He will then remove the excess skin and liposuction fat deposits and close the incisions to create a more toned arm appearance.

Results and Aftercare for a Body Lift

A body lift procedure can be done in one operation or in several stages, so the typical recovery experience varies. Body lift surgery is an extensive procedure, so it is best to be prepared for some downtime. Immediately following your body lift in Toronto, you will likely feel tired and sore, and need to stay on bed rest for a day or so. After the second day, Dr. Kara will ask you to walk with assistance. During these first several days, you will have drainage tubes in place to collect excess fluids and you will wear a compression garment for up to a month and a half as you complete recovery. Follow Dr. Kara's specific instructions for your recovery, so you can get back to a normal routine in good time.