Will I need plastic surgery after losing all the pounds? What is abdominoplasty?

Obesity is a disease. Obesity surgeries are not performed for aesthetic reasons, but to restore health and resolve many additional concomitants of obesity.

The skin, as one of the systems of the human body, is also charged with the “difficult” role of “embracing” the subcutaneous fat and its surface area grows in step with our weight, and it also loses its elasticity with age.

The result of this is increased chances of needing plastic repair by removing excess skin.

Abdominoplasty is one of the plastic surgeries which removes excess skin from the abdomen.

No plastic surgery should be performed before 18 months have passed since the obesity surgery, because during this time we are under strong catabolic stress, losing weight and inches, and any cosmetic surgery that may be done earlier, in haste, will definitely need revision later.