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Massive Weight Loss Procedures with Dr. Marie Noland | Langley, BC
Making the decision to focus on your health and physical appearance, whether through bariatric surgery or healthy lifestyle changes, is an incredible accomplishment. Many people, after they’ve lost a significant amount of weight and achieved their goals, are left with loose, sagging skin that may hinder the results of their dedicated work. Massive weight loss surgery is an excellent option for patients who have completed their weight loss journey but are left with excess loose skin or folds on their chest, midsection, arms, and lower body.
At her Langley, BC practice, board-certified and double fellowship-trained plastic surgeon Dr. Marie Noland’s passion when it comes to treating her patients is helping them look as healthy and vibrant on the outside as they feel on the inside. She appreciates that losing weight for health reasons is an achievement in itself. She performs life-changing procedures to help her patients achieve a more contoured, defined physique following dramatic weight loss.
If you’ve undergone a massive weight loss journey and are dealing with excess skin, schedule your body contouring consultation with Dr. Noland in Langley, based in Surrey, BC, Dr. Marie Noland provides advanced facial, breast, body, and non-surgical treatments to patients from across Langley, Abbotsford, Delta, Walnut Grove, Maple Ridge, White Rock, and Vancouver.
What Happens to the Skin After Weight Loss?
Our skin’s primary job is to protect our body and regulate our internal temperature. It consists of layers of tissue and numerous functions. It communicates sensory information, produces vitamin D, absorbs nutrients from our environment, and shields us from external threats. However, despite its incredible purpose, the skin does have its own faults and limitations. When our skin stretches to accommodate additional weight, this stretching, along with other factors like age, causes skin to lose its elasticity. As a result, many people are able to shed weight successfully, but their skin doesn’t have the ability to contract to their new figure.
Dramatic changes in body shape can be distressing to the body. Most patients are bothered, embarrassed, or uncomfortable with excess skin and soft tissue. Common areas that often have excess skin sagging include: Abdomen, Thighs, Upper arms, Breasts, Mid and lower back, Buttocks.
What Are the Benefits of Massive Weight Loss Procedures in Surrey, BC?
Patients who undergo surgery to improve excess skin sagging after weight loss experience positive effects on their overall self-confidence and quality of life. A post-weight loss cosmetic surgery that addresses sagging skin is beneficial to the patient for a number of reasons, including:
- Address asymmetry and skin bulges
- Removes excess skin and soft tissue
- Restores a proportionate and natural-looking body contour
- Reduces discomfort caused by friction and chafing
- Long-lasting, noticeable body contouring results
- Helps patients achieve their ultimate body shape
- Boosts patient’s overall self-esteem and body image
Who Is a Good Candidate for Massive Weight Loss Surgery?
Dr. Noland assesses patient candidacy on a case-by-case basis. Candidates for skin surgery have adapted well to their post-weight loss lifestyle and understand the possibilities and limitations of body contouring procedures to excise redundant skin and shape the body. Generally, if patients have managed to maintain their goal weight for a demonstrable period of time and are in good physical health, they are likely considered suitable candidates.
During your personal consultation with Dr. Noland, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the problems you’re facing with excess skin. She will go over some health information beforehand and the details pertaining to your excess skin removal surgery. She will assess the amount of sagging in the areas you want to treat and curate a treatment plan that aims to finalize your slimmer, healthier physique. Ideal candidates should be in good overall health and be non-smokers or willing to quit all nicotine use for six weeks before and after their procedure.
Recovery After Massive Weight Loss Procedure in Langley, BC
Dr. Noland performs massive weight loss procedures to remove excess skin in an accredited surgical facility under general anesthesia. Once your procedures are complete, you’ll be taken to a recovery room, where you’ll wake from anesthesia under the careful observation of our nursing staff. To prepare you for recovery, you’ll be fitted with compression garments in the treated areas to help provide additional support while your skin heals and your body adjusts to its new contours.
Before being released, Dr. Noland will discuss post-operative instructions on how to care for your incisions and encourage a smooth, complication-free recovery. A long-lasting pain medication will be administered during surgery to help keep you as comfortable as possible in the first few days following your procedure. With the addition of pain medication prescribed by Dr. Noland, your recovery at home should be comfortable and tolerable.
It generally takes a week until you’ll feel comfortable walking, although you’ll want to try and move around when you can encourage blood circulation and avoid muscle atrophy. After an excess skin removal procedure, patients will need to rest and recover for 2 to 3 weeks before they can resume work or normal activities. Patients will need to avoid all strenuous activities and exercises for 6 to 8 weeks or until Dr. Noland clears them to do so. Immediately after your surgery, you’ll notice significant results that will only continue to improve over the following weeks as swelling and bruising resolve.
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Enrich your natural beauty and honour the person that you already are. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Marie Noland for a customized approach to reaching your aesthetic goals.
What Plastic Surgery Procedures Does Dr. Noland Offer After Massive Weight Loss?
Abdominoplasty
Following pregnancy or massive weight loss, excess skin often cannot contract back to its previous shape. This can lead to uncomfortable chafing, clothing limitations, and lowered self-confidence. Much of the body’s subcutaneous fat and visceral fat is located in the lower abdomen. When this fat dissipates after massive weight loss, considerable amounts of excess skin often remain. Abdominoplasty, also called a tummy tuck, involves an incision that goes from one hip to the other just above the underwear line. Dr. Noland removes the necessary amount of skin for a smoother, toned abdomen.
Breast Lift
Weight loss, pregnancy, and aging can cause the breasts to droop considerably. The lower position of breasts on the chest, as well as nipple ptosis, can cause issues with body confidence and physical discomfort. Dr. Noland utilizes a number of different incision methods during mastopexy, or breast lift, based on the level of ptosis to remove excess skin and tissue to reestablish a youthful, elegant breast profile.
Brachioplasty (Arm Lift)
An arm lift targets sagging skin along the back of the arms, an issue colloquially referred to as “bat wings.” Dr. Noland places strategic incisions along the underside of the arm where she’ll excise the excess skin for a slimmer arm appearance.
Thigh Lift
As with the arms, another common area where excess skin tends to be the most noticeable after massive weight loss is the inner thighs. Despite a patient’s efforts to lead a healthier lifestyle, redundant skin is virtually impossible to lose in this area without surgery. During thigh lift surgery, Dr. Noland creates incisions along the inner thighs and removes the appropriate amount of skin according to her patient’s individual circumstances.
Why Should You Choose Dr. Noland for Your Massive Weight Loss Procedures in Surrey, BC?
Dr. Marie Noland has dedicated her practice to cultivating a compassionate, welcoming, judgment-free environment. Her dedication as not only a plastic surgeon but also as a physician is to help her patients establish healthy and beneficial lifestyle changes through plastic surgery procedures. Her incredible skill as a surgeon, artistic vision, and passion for aesthetically pleasing results have benefited patients who desire to look on the outside as they feel on the inside.
Embrace your natural beauty at every stage of life.
Feel in control of your body
Feel confident in your skin
Schedule Your Massive Weight Loss Procedure with Dr. Marie Noland Today!
You can trust Langley, BC plastic surgeon Dr. Marie Noland to help you complete your weight loss transformation. She understands the important role plastic surgery can play in contributing to the improvement of your physical appearance and emotional health. To discuss your candidacy and goals in more detail, schedule a consultation with Dr. Noland today!
