Weight Loss Excess Skin Removal

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Weight Loss Excess Skin Removal

Reviewed By: Varnada Karriem-Norwood,

SOURCES: 2010 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Alexander Moya, MD, Plastic Surgeon, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa.

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Narrator:

Stephanie Stanley had gastric bypass and dropped 120 pounds. But, the 32-year-old didn't get the compliments she expected.

Stephanie Stanley:

I thought, I've lost all this weight and people are still saying, 'oh, you're pregnant.' You know, you look heavy.

Narrator:

That's because after she lost all that fat, she had a lot of excess skin.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

Because of these folds of skin, they lose complete body shape. So they look in the mirror and they really don't have any shape at all.

Narrator:

Now stephanie likes what she sees – thanks to a new procedure called corset trunkplasty (TRUNK-plass-tee). Doctor Alexander Moya (MOY-yah) developed the technique at Pennsylvania's Geisinger (GUY-singer) Medical Center.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

It removes a significant amount of skin from the entire abdomen, from the flanks, from the lower chest, even the upper back and the lower back.

Narrator:

During the surgery, he removes a big circle of skin from the abdomen, tightens the abdominal wall and pulls the skin closed. Next, he enhances the look by removing excess skin under the breastbone - and – at the lower waistline.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

At the end you have complete reshaping of what I call the anterolateral trunk. That's the abdomen and the waistline.

Narrator:

Doctor Moya tailors the procedure to each patient – removing anywhere from one to 30 pounds of sagging skin.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

All in one sitting without having to turn the patient over with a very low rate of complications when it comes to the wounds.

Narrator:

Traditional body contouring, known as belt lipectomy (Ly-PECK-tum-e), requires one large incision that goes completely around the waist.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

The biggest issue I found was that for the majority of patients it didn't provide an aesthetic pleasing waistline.

Narrator:

And the procedure can leave patients with a more painful recovery.

Alexander Moya, M.D.:

They're just uncomfortable moving. They are worried about if they turn this way, this part of the incision is gonna' open. This way, the back can open.

Narrator:

Stephanie isn't worried about her incisions. She's just happy to have a waist again.

Stephanie Stanley:

Now that I've had this done, I can wear shirts and I don't have those rolls hanging out and I can wear jeans and my stomach is flat. It's just a big difference.