Post-Bariatric Surgery
If you have chosen a stomach reduction (gastric sleeve, gastric by-pass), you have probably lost tens of pounds in the first few months, but this does not mean you already have a harmonious body image. The enormous excess of skin weighs a lot, lopsided breasts, your skin is less elastic after it has been stretched for a long time – all of this can cause you a lot of psychological and imaging problems. The only solution for removing these folds of skin and fat is post-bariatric surgery.
When Can Post Bariatric Correction Begin?
After 12 months. Once you have been lost enough weight, is following a weight stabilization and balancing inherent nutritional deficiencies period that occur after bariatric surgery.
Which areas need surgery the most after massive weight loss?
The abdomen, thighs, buttocks, breasts, face, arms are regions involved in deformities. During the consultation, the physician assesses the entire body and decides which areas are suitable to be operated.
Basically, such a surgical correction can combine the following interventions in many variations: abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, thigh lifting, pacing and breast correction. In rare cases all the corrections can be done in one step, often there phased operations for making the recovery easier and for mitigate the risks associated with such extensive intervention.
PRE-OP Preparation
You need to quit smoking one month ahead and don’t smoke the next two months after surgery. Smoking slows down the healing and can cause complications. Avoid taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and plants that can cause bleeding. Contraceptives should be stopped 4-6 weeks before surgery because they increase the risk of blood clots. The operation is not performed during the menstrual cycle.
What Results Are Expected?
Spectacular!
After the postoperative critical period passes and inflammation disappears, you will “take in possession” a new body, you will need to get used to your new body image. It will increase your self-esteem and hard times will be forgotten. The great benefits of post-bariatric surgery are social reintegration, restoration of sexuality and active life. Definitely, such operations are a special event in the lives of these patients and can help turn their lives around. Finally, the goal of all these efforts is to build self-confidence persons who can feel good again and have a joy to live beautiful and healthy!