Dealing with the Aftermath of Obesity

Obesity has become a growing problem affecting a wide range of individuals from every walk of life – different backgrounds, geographic areas, ages and genders.  Even more astounding than the sheer number of people affected, is the fact that obesity is no longer just close to home.

Additionally, the rate of obesity in the United States has skyrocketed.  These increasing rates are associated with juvenile diabetes, heart disease and younger mortality.

Many individuals are turning to surgical procedures like stomach stapling, banding and gastric by-pass to achieve a desired weight loss.  Others are choosing weight loss clinics to teach them proper nutrition and help these people with a new lifestyle of exercise and diet.  These centers have been successful helping many to lose the unwanted weight.

Once the weight is lost however, these individuals consult with cosmetic surgeons for the physical changes and problems associated with massive weight loss including: excessive draping of the skin on their arms, neck, breast, stomachs, backs and thighs.  Unfortunately, exercise will not shrink, resorb or remove this excess skin laxity.  But with great success cosmetic surgeons are working to provide these patients with the option of surgery to remove the excess skin and reshape the body by lifting and restoring the arms, face and neck, breasts, trunk and thighs to achieve a contoured tighter body.

What happens to the body when people lose 100 to 200 pounds?

People are thrilled with their 100-200 pound weight loss, but now they are left with draping, hanging mounds of skin. With all this skin to carry, patients have difficulty moving around, are unable to exercise, and often have problems with skin irritation, rashes and excessive sweating. These folds of skin are constant reminders of the obesity that made them miserable.

With the advances in cosmetic surgery, the Body Lift and other skin lift procedures will remove the sagging, excess skin. Despite the scars, patients are pleased with their newfound freedom. They are able to move around with greater ease, exercise, and enjoy the kind of lifestyle they hoped for when they started to lose weight. The scars are strategically placed to minimize visibility, and over time will fade leaving only a small line. These surgical procedures typically require a 2 – 6 week recovery period.

Removing sagging excessive skin from a patient, who has worked so hard to lose the weight, makes them feel like a new person. Since the excessive skin acts as a reminder of being overweight, the patient now feels her goals have been met.

Visit Georgette and many other patients who describe their weight loss procedures on a video testimonial at http://www.drdeankane.com/video/player/46697-georgette-s-ultimate-makeover-after-weight-loss.

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Dr. Dean and Lauri Kane are Charter Members with The Village Connector Community News. Dean Kane, MD, FACS, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Lauri Kane, MPH, ScD, Director of their Center for Cosmetic Surgery and Medi-Spa, work together as a husband and wife team to provide the complete range of cosmetic surgery procedures and all non-surgical skin and laser treatments in their Baltimore Center. At www.DrDeanKane.com all these procedures are described fully. Contact their office at 410-602-3322 or write directly to Lauri@DrDeanKane.com for any specific questions.