Skin Elasticity After Major Weight Loss

Dr. Patrick Domkowski answers the question, "will my skin retract after major weight loss?".

It is important for folks considering bariatric surgery to plan for the future. Depending on your personal goals, after you lose 100 to 150lbs, you are obviously going to be significantly healthier and feel better. However you are going to have a great deal of excessive skin and tissue throughout your body, but especially in the abdominal region and under your arms. Because of this I am often asked, “will my skin undergo retraction when I lose all this weight?”.

The answer is mostly “no”. While there may be a small amount, it is generally not a significant amount. The reality is that if you have lose that much weight there is going to be quite abit of extra skin and tissue. Many of our patients like to make a long term goal, after 12-18 months of weight loss, to undergo plastic surgery with Dr. Alan Durkin to help remove the excess skin that remains after they have achieved their weight loss goals.

In fact, Dr. Durkin has already performed abdominoplasties, brachioplasties and breast augmentantations on many of our bariatric patients..and I can honestly say I have not met a happier group of folks! Dr. Durkin is truly gifted and has created amazing results for these folks!

At the Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center, we are proud to say that we are one of the few comprehensive programs in the country that can offer not only lasting weight loss surgery, but also body transformation! So the message is, plan now. While you are thinking just about your weight loss surgery, also be thinking about the future because in reality 12-18 months is not that far away and you will want to have your goals in place for that total body makeover!

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Hear from one of our patient's who speaks out about their weight loss journey with Dr. Patrick Domkowski and plastic surgery experiences with Dr. Alan Durkin. A truly inspirational story of courage and a tribute to the Riverside surgical and weight loss team.

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