What is a lower body lift or Belt lipectomy? - Dr. Srikanth V

Lower body lift or Belt lipectomy is a surgery done for people who have undergone massive weight loss they may have undergone weight loss because of bariatric surgery or because of very rigorous diet and exercise . The skin will shrink to a certain extent, after a certain extent the skin will sag. The sag is usually seen around the middle of the body the skin sags and comes down in folds. This gives rise to a very ugly looking body image. A belt lift includes a lift which lifts the skin form the lower part of the body upwards and pulls down the skin from above form the abdomen and thorax downwards. So it is like a circumferential belt wherein the skin and soft tissue is tightened all around starting form below the umbilicus, going all the way around from the left to the back and to the right and coming back forward. This surgery will take time it is done under general anaesthesia and the recovery period is anywhere between 2 to 4 weeks.