Body Contouring in Lowell Massachusetts
Body Contouring in Lowell section, includes general infrmation about Body Contouring Procedure, Body Contouring Lowell Local News, Body Contouring Lowell Surgeon Locator and other Body Contouring related material.
Lowell Body Contouring - The Procedure
This procedure can help you to dramatically improve your appearance. It is usually the next step after excessive weight reduction or bariatric surgery. When you loose weight quickly your skin cannot return to the new size as quickly resulting in extra skin is areas such as the abdomen, upper arms, thighs and breasts. Sometimes your skin is not elastic enough due to aging process, which can lead to permanent skin flaps. It can also be done to repair the effects of childbearing and aging. The extra skin can cause hygiene problems, avoiding cloth with short sleeves and low self-esteem. Body contouring is a series of operation, which can be divided into two groups, lower body lift and upper body lift. The lower body lift deals with your abdomen thighs and buttocks. Upper body lift is complementary to the lower body lift and it deals with breast and upper arms. The ideal candidates for the surgery are people in good general health who are unsatisfied with their body appearance.
Lowell Body Contouring - OperationDuring the surgery usually the abdomen is treated first, because it is the area with the most excess of skin and fat. A horizontal incision is made above the pubic area, through which the extra fat is removed and the muscles are tightened. In some cases liposuction is performed to remove extra fat. Thighs and butt are treated by the same principle. The operation lasts from 4-7 hours and performed under general anesthesia. Sometimes additional procedures are done during the same operation; those include breast lift, arm lift or inner thigh lift. Arm lift is done by placing an incision from the armpit to the elbow and by removing extra fat and skin. The excess fat from the inner thigh is removed by liposuction, the incision usually made between the groin and the upper thigh.
Lowell Body Contouring - Risks
Every procedure has its risks. The most common complication of body lift is seroma formation. Other complications such as bleeding, infection or blood clots are relatively rare. The scars never completely disappear, but they fade with time and change their size. This can take several months until the scars take their final appearance.
Lowell Body Contouring - Healing
This is a serious procedure, which takes some time to heal. Many people require 4-6 weeks before returning to their daily activities. You shouldn't exercise or lift heavy weight 6-8 weeks. The swelling usually completely disappears after 3 month. It is important to wear special garments to assure proper healing.
Other Body Contouring Procedures
All Body Procedures
Body Contouring lowell (current)
lowell Buttock Augmentation
lowell Calf Augmentation
lowell Liposuction
lowell Body Contouring
More Lowell info...
Lowell Buy
Barnes and Noble, 151 Merrimack Street.
Haus, 17 Shattuck Street, Phone: +1 978-458-4287, [16].
Lowell By car Take U.S. Route 3 or Interstate 495 to the Lowell Connector, a 2.5 mile highway that ends in downtown Lowell. Be careful, the Lowell Connector is one of the most dangerous highways in the state. Exit 31 on Route 3 and exits 37 and 38 on I-495 will also take you to Lowell.
Plastic Surgery News...
- Employees across the UK are switching off their emails and wearing slippers to work on Friday 1st February to support Samaritans Stress Down Day. The emotional support charity is bringing seasonal relief to busy workers and raising awareness of the detrimental effects of stress on people's health.
- The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance for the use of infliximab for the treatment of psoriasis, and makes the following recommendations (taken directly from source):
• Infliximab, within its licensed indications, is recommended as a treatment option for adults with plaque psoriasis only when the following criteria are met.
- The disease is very severe as defined by a total Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) of 20 or more and a Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) of more than 18.
- The psoriasis has failed to respond to standard systemic therapies such as ciclosporin, methotrexate or PUVA (psoralen and long-wave ultraviolet radiation), or the person is intolerant to or has a contraindication to these treatments.
• Infliximab treatment should be continued beyond 10 weeks only in people whose psoriasis has shown an adequate response to treatment within 10 weeks. An adequate response is defined as either:
- a 75% reduction in the PASI score from when treatment started (PASI 75) or
- a 50% reduction in the PASI score (PASI 50) and a five-point reduction in the DLQI from when treatment started.
• When using the DLQI healthcare professionals should take care to ensure that they take account of a patient’s disabilities (such as physical impairments) or linguistic or other communication difficulties, in reaching conclusions on the severity of plaque psoriasis. In such cases healthcare professionals should ensure that their use of the DLQI continues to be a sufficiently accurate measure. The same approach should apply in the context of a decision about whether to continue the use of the drug in accordance with the guidance above.