Lower Body Lift

What is a Lower Body Lift?

Either with increasing age or significant weight loss there is often an excess of body skin and fatty tissue in the area of the back and abdomen (trunk), cases of mild excess may be treated appropriately by procedures such as a tummy tuck or liposuction. However, in situations where there is significant excess, especially where the excess is circular in nature involving the abdomen, hips, back, buttocks and outer thighs, a more extensive procedure is required. This procedure is called lower body lift and is like a face lift for the trunk.

Who is a candidate for Lower Body Lift?

A lower body lift tightens loose, fallen skin and fat to obtain more youthful skin tone and natural contours. There is no other effective method to rejuvenate aged tissues of the body. Everyone ages and all tissues relax with time. Perfect candidates for a lower body lift include patients who have already reached their ideal weight but are not satisfied the shape of their lower body, as well as patients who have loose skin in their buttocks and back of their thighs, loose skin in their hips and side back and front of their thighs.

The Lower Body Lift Procedure

Dr. Ted E. Lockwood coined the term "body lifts" in 1992. Dr. Kevin Tehrani has received special training from Dr. Ted E. Lockwood, the pioneer of the Lower Body Lift procedure. He is very well versed in this technique and is proud to be the first graduate offering the lower body lift procedure in the New York area.

Benefits of a lower body lift

Some of the benefits of associated with a lower body lift are:

• Multiple areas of the body (buttocks, thighs, possibly abdomen) are covered in one single operation
• Excess fat is directly removed
• Flattens and sculpts the entire torso and the abdominal muscles
• Can be combined with liposuction to reduce regional fat

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