Name: Aftereffects of obesity Barcelona
Address: Pça. Alfons Comín, 5-7, Barcelona, Barcelona, 08023, Spain
Telephone: +34932554084

Certain morbidly obese patients are candidates for bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery achieves a very significant decrease in the patient’s weight.
However, this marked weight reduction may trigger a series of problems that require restorative surgery:

Breast atrophy

Bariatric surgery may cause the loss of significant volume of breast without altering its position. This can be corrected with breast augmentation.

Breast sagging

The breast may present significant sagging, with the nipple reaching below the inframammary fold. This can be corrected with the breast lift technique. It may require the insertion of a prosthesis.

Breast hypertrophy

Hypertrophy can be repaired with surgical techniques to reduce breast volume.

Abdominal laxity

Excess residual skin can be eliminated with a tummy tuck or mini-tummy tuck, especially in cases with residual stretch marks around the navel.

Abdominal separation

Abdominal separation, or diastasis recti, can be corrected by plication of the muscles. It is usually performed in combination with a tummy tuck.

Jowls

A facelift can remove excess tissue and retain the skin in the affected areas.

Loose skin on the arms and thighs

Arm lifts ((braquioplastia) and thigh lifts (cruroplastia) may be necessary in these patients; the loss of volume causes a significant amount of redundant excess skin.

Aftereffects of obesity