POST BARIATRIC SURGERY

OP. DR. YUNUS DOĞAN

We employ post-bariatric surgery methods to correct the deformities that develop after obesity. Unwanted sagging and deformities develop in your body after you gain the desired body with appropriate diet and exercise programs. You may benefit from various aesthetic surgery methods to prevent them.

High body weight leads to deformities that are aesthetically unpleasant. You may overcome all these problems with post-bariatric surgery. Your body will restore its original look with the help of surgeries performed with aesthetic surgery methods. People restore ideal body weight approximately 15 months after the gastric surgery. Although it is a difficult process, people should act in a decisive manner. The people, who can maintain ideal body weight for at least 3 months, can benefit from aesthetic surgery methods. The people with severe sagging in body may select one of various surgeries. There are many surgical procedures in the field of body contouring.

What is Post-Bariatric Surgery?

The surgery is an aesthetic surgical technique we perform for severely overweight/obese people. We use this method commonly to restore healthy body weight in obese people. We can perform this procedure only in healthy people. Post-bariatric surgery, also called stomach reduction or shortening surgery, is the procedure of removing sagging and excess fat/skin of the body. Moreover, it corrects truncal deformities substantially.

You may experience quick weight loss, ranging from approximately 30 kg to 90 kg, after the surgery. The surgery that is successfully performed is also called body contouring surgery. Bariatrics is an umbrella term for all treatments that aim to prevent obesity and eliminate the underlying factors. It is an important surgery that can be performed only by specialized plastic surgeons.

The tissues that lead to the deformity are removed during the procedure. Thus, sagging will be eliminated. We perform all these procedures very meticulously in order to contour your body in a healthy manner. We stand by your throughout the process. The people who are deemed operable are ones, who loss and gain weight massively and quickly.

How is Post-Bariatric Surgery Performed?

The surgery involves contouring the deformed body parts of the person following a bariatric surgery. Appropriate procedures restore original look of the sagging dermal tissues. On the contrary to classical lift surgeries, you may see that sagging is severe in skin of these cases. Therefore, the excess skin removed from the body will be higher. The body parts with major problems are breasts, tummy and inner parts of thighs.

We use various techniques for the procedure depending on severity of the deformity. For instance, let’s think about breasts characterized with highest ratio of fat and sagging. This body part loses the glandular layer completely in time. It is necessary to lift the skin and prevent sagging in this body part. We place implants in this region to achieve this outcome, if required. The excess skin of tummy is removed and the remaining skin is stretched. We pay attention to back and low back curvatures while performing this procedure.

Post-bariatric surgery can be performed in one session or a series of sessions depending on overall condition of the patient. At this stage, the patient is evaluated to determine whether other sagging parts will also be corrected or not. Following the detailed examination by your physician, it may be decided to perform an extra procedure. Removal of the sagging skin corrects the condition in some patients, while it is necessary to correct the flat appearance of buttocks in others. In this case, we can eliminate the problem with buttock lift surgery. We also perform thigh lift and other procedures in coordination with the patient.

Who are candidates of Post-Bariatric Surgery?

Overweight and obese patients lose weight quickly with diet and exercises. Following quick weight loss, sagging and deformities develop in body. We perform post-bariatric surgery methods to prevent said sagging and loosening. You may gain the desired body within a short time with this method that is performed to create ideal body contours.

Patients should meet certain criteria in order to undergo this procedure. A certain period of time should have elapsed from the weight loss period in order to perform this procedure in a healthy manner. Meanwhile, the body recovers and it is also clarified whether the person will gain weight again or not. We recommend you to wait for at least 6 months to 1 year to measure this condition.

Before Post-Bariatric Surgery

People should pay attention to certain points in order to ensure higher success of the surgery. These points are broadly listed below:

• You should pay attention to healthy eating before the surgery. You should make effort to avoid weight gain until the surgery date. Thus, you may get better outcomes from the surgery.
• You should completely quit smoking and alcohol consumption at least two weeks before the surgery.
• You should avoid water consumption above the required amount. Overconsumption of fluids leads to edema in body. This affects your surgery adversely. To prevent this condition, you should limit the fluid intake.

Certain medications and vitamins lead to bleeding during surgery. You should necessarily consult your physician about whether you should continue taking your medications or not.

After Post-Bariatric Surgery

People will have some questions in mind after the surgery. We need to answer your questions to eliminate your concerns. These answers will vary according to type of the surgery you have undergone and your overall health.

If you have not undergone a major surgery, we may discharge you on the same day. However, this interval may be longer depending on your overall health. For more comprehensive surgeries, we decide the time that you will be monitored at the hospital in the light of the examinations made by our physician. Your best preference would be to be monitored for one night to one week.

We and our specialist team will stand by you throughout the process. We perform your care and follow-up evaluations routinely. You may also resume your normal life within a short period of time after you rest well following the surgery. Procedures that involve Entire Body

The surgery involves your entire body, if required. In this case, an evaluation to be made by your physician will guide the type of surgery. Not all these surgeries are performed in one day.

We make a detailed examination based on joint decision of our surgeon and aesthetics doctor. We carry out all these procedures within a certain order. Treatments that we plan in a personalized manner for each patient will help you overcome this process more easily and comfortably. In addition to post-bariatric surgery that involves the entire body, following procedures can be performed:

• Face lift
• Breast lift
• Buttock aesthetics
• Abdominoplasty and Back lift.

We attach importance to have you gain a fit and tight skin with these procedures. Effective Weight loss

If your body weight is high relative to your age and height, you are deemed overweight. You may lose weight quickly with strict diet and exercises. On the other hand, we notice generalized loosening of skin in people, who lose weight quickly. We eliminate all your sagging-related complaints with effective post-bariatric surgery methods. You may have healthier and ideal body by following instructions of your doctor.

Post-Bariatric Surgery Prices 2022

Prices of these surgeries are quite variable. The size of the procedure and whether it is combined with other techniques are the factors that determine the pricing.

You may contact us to get information about the most effective treatment and post-bariatric surgery methods.