What is Body Contouring?
When skin takes on a saggy appearance due to aging, pregnancy, or weight loss, a person’s self-esteem can be dampened. With body contouring, the body can be transformed through a number of cosmetic procedures, which removes the loose skin and tightens and lifts the remainder. Cosmetic surgeons Dr. Erik Nuveen and Dr. Courtney Caplin at Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates in Oklahoma City can perform body contouring all over the body, including the stomach, arms, breasts, buttocks, thighs, and hips. When there is excessive fat as well, the doctors can perform liposuction. Following surgery, the body will appear smoother-looking, more toned, lifted, and younger-looking.
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What Are the Benefits of Body Contouring?
Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates offers body contouring, a wonderful option for individuals seeking to enhance their shape. Several advantages this cutting-edge treatment offers Oklahoma City, OK-area patients include:
- Minimizes spots of fat tissue that might be resistant to different methods
- Provides results if diet and exercise have not worked
- Achieves a trimmer, more fit look
- Outcomes are notable and long-lasting
- Improving and defining different spots on the curves
- Tightens droopy, loose skin tissue
- Fat transfer can additionally tone alternative locations of the body (breasts, bottom, and others)
- Versatile treatment areas
- Custom-tailored procedure for your specific needs
What Can Body Contouring Address?
The process of body contouring is specifically designed to help patients reshape, tighten and firm up problem areas of the body where loose and sagging skin is present. Common areas addressed are the neck, arms, breasts, abdomen, hips, flanks, thighs, buttocks, and knees. It is likely that the doctor will consider a number of procedures to be combined into one surgery (where necessary). This typically involves the upper body parts or lower body parts that are staged together to minimize the risk of infection and shorten the recovery time.
How is Body Contouring Performed?
During surgery, the surgeon will trim away and remove excess skin and the underlying tissues will be tightened. Liposuction is often a part of this process. All procedures are performed under general anesthesia. The duration of the surgery and the length of the hospital stay will depend on how many procedures were combined in a single operative setting. Recovery from this surgery is slow and challenging, but the improvements that are visible create a significant boost of self-confidence for the majority of patients.
Expected Cost for Body Contouring
The price for body contouring varies. How high the cost, depends on how many procedures are being performed together. Factors such as the length of hospital stay will increase the cost. During the initial consultation, a customized surgical plan will be provided with the overall cost expectations outlined, which includes recommended treatments that meet the patient’s aesthetic goals.
**Fees that are posted are subject to change. No doctor/patient relationship is established until exam. Consent in perpetuity until canceled in writing.
Body Contouring FAQs
Procedures I Can Combine?
Procedures are combined and scheduled in stages depending on the overall physical health of the patient and the body areas that need to be addressed. Typically, the grouping will be staged with a combination of either the upper body parts (abdomen, breasts, arms, neck, face), or lower body parts (buttocks, thighs, flanks, knees). This staging helps reduce the risk of complications, such as blood loss and infection, since the surgery is limited to an area. This also shortens the length of time for recovery. The combination of procedures will be outlined during the initial consultation with the surgeon.
The Ideal Timing?
Individuals who have lost a significant amount of weight will need to be at or near their goal weight in order to proceed with a body contouring procedure. In addition, body contouring should also be reserved for those who have already had children and are not planning to become pregnant in the future. This is a recommendation only because it preserves the toned appearance created through surgery without compromising the surgical outcome.
Mommy Makeover Procedure?
A mommy makeover is a procedure that is in the same context of body contouring. It is a coined term for a group of body contouring procedures that address areas of the body specifically affected by pregnancy. These are the areas around the breasts, abdomen, hips and buttocks. Again, this is only a general term for body contouring reserved for those who have completed one or more pregnancies.
Will There Be A Lot of Scars?
In general, body contouring procedures will result in scarring. Most patients report that once the incisions heal, the scarring is no longer a primary worry as the benefits of this life-changing surgery are so significant. An experienced plastic surgeon will make every effort to minimize the scars by carefully placing the incisions inconspicuously. Post-surgery care is also very important. Topical creams may be prescribed to help in the healing process. Over time, the scars will lighten and blend in with the patient’s natural skin tone.
Transform Your Figure
Whether you aspire to enhance your bust, sculpt a curvier rear, cinch that waist, or tone your midsection, our body contouring services at Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates in Oklahoma City, OK, can make your dreams a reality. Reach out to us today to schedule a consultation, where we can explore your aesthetic aspirations and tailor a personalized plan just for you. Our dedicated team eagerly anticipates your visit to our practice.
