New York plastic surgeon, double board certified in plastic surgery New York City

 

Unsightly excess skin of the inner thighs, buttocks, and outer thighs may be the result of weight loss, age, or heredity. Thigh and lower body lift procedures remove excess fat, and tighten and trim loose, hanging skin.
During your initial consultation with Dr. Kolker, he will thoroughly discuss with you your desires and expectations for surgery. He will conduct a thorough examination of the skin, soft tissue and muscles of the lower trunk and extremities. He will carefully review with you the procedure or combination of procedures that suit you best. Dr. Kolker will answer all questions that you might have regarding any step of the process.
The inner thigh lift procedure (medial thigh lift) is performed with incisions in the groin creases. Excess fat is removed with lipoplasty (liposuction), and the excess skin is trimmed and redraped. The outer thighs and buttocks are treated with a lower body lift. A circumferential incision is made around the lower abdomen and above the buttocks. Excess fat is removed from the thighs with liposuction, and connections of the skin to underlying muscles are released to allow elevation, tightening, and trimming of excess skin. The lower abdomen is also treated with the lower body lift procedure.

The medial thigh lift procedure takes between two and three hours, and is performed in our fully accredited in-office surgical facility on an ambulatory basis. The lower body lift procedure takes between five and eight hours, and is performed in the hospital. A hospital stay of at least two days is required.

A compressive garment is worn for two weeks following surgery. Small drain tubes are placed during surgery, and will be removed between the third and seventh day. With few exceptions, all sutures placed are dissolvable and no suture removal in necessary. Recovery time following medial thigh lift is about one week. You should expect to take off two to three weeks for recuperation following lower body lift.