If you have gone through a major weight loss, you will likely end up with an excess of skin and tissues that results in saggy skin and loose skin appearance. You may have tried to maintain a healthy and reasonable diet and a solid exercise regimen but even these efforts are often not enough to tighten your skin leaving surgery as the only viable option.
Body contouring is known as body sculpting, a cosmetic surgery that utilizes various techniques to give you a firmer, tighter and more voluminous skin all over your body where you need it most.
Fat transfer has become one of the most popular forms of body contouring in Rancho Mirage in large part because it can be done faster than many other surgeries. It requires less recovery time while achieving impressive results. Fat transfer allows you to choose where you want the fat to be removed and where it should be applied.
Fat Grafting involves removing fat from a donor site on your body and used as a filler in another area where you want to add volume and shape.
Fat is removed from a donor site using liposuction or the gentler syringe liposuction. The mixture is treated by separating the fluid from the fat which is set in a centrifuge that separates the living fat cells and the ones that died during the suction. The non-live cells are removed manually to get a pure concentration of live fat cells that your body is more likely to accept and retain. The pure fat is applied via micro-injection to the place on your body that you want to fill or add volume.
Some of the other options include traditional tucks and liposuction techniques, still the preferred choices for many of our patients.
Tucks are versatile forms of cosmetic surgery because they can be performed on your:
Tucks removes excess skin and tissue and minimizes scarring and any signs of surgery. Liposuction is one of the fastest and best options for long-term results when it comes to addressing fatty tissue, especially if you have excess fat in some problem areas. Tucks and liposuction are often performed at the same time to give you amazing results. A liposuction with a tuck may be the only way to correct your condition when excess skin leads to irregular fatty deposits,.
If you are interested in any form of body contouring, please contact Dr. Villanueva & Dr. Ritu Copra, the top body contouring Rancho Mirage experts with years of education and experience. You can schedule a personal one-on-one consultation at either our Palm Desert location by contacting us through our contact page or calling 760.568.2211 during normal office hours.