Overview of Surgical Approaches to Correct Excess Skin and Fat from Different Body Parts

Abstract: Current study is aiming to evaluate the success of surgical approaches to correct excess skin and fat from different body parts after excessive weight loss whether this loss was Bariatric surgery intervention or diet. Also to determine the benefits and side effects of such surgical procedures. The literature search was then carried out on Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane databases from inception till December 2016 for studies on the topic of surgical procedures in correction of extra skin and fat of different part of the body following body contouring surgery in massive weight loss patients. Massive weight loss (MWL) patients present a difficult difficulty to the plastic surgeon for body-contouring treatments. These patients harbor numerous issues. They often battle mental instability, may have intertrigo and other skin problem, and are prone to substantially higher problem rate than the remainder of the population. They usually require excisional procedures. Body contouring of MWL patients is a process and not just a single treatment. With care of a devoted and committed group that keeps management safe yet aggressive sufficient to sculpt a normal contour, these patients achieve their goal of getting rid of their "weight problems preconception. Keywords: Correct Excess Skin, Plastic Surgeon for Body-Contouring. Title: Overview of Surgical Approaches to Correct Excess Skin and Fat from Different Body Parts Author: Nasser Abdulaziz Almohaya, Abdullah Mohammed Alrubaie, Hameed Mohammed A Alshehri, Khalid Turki Altasan, Maan Khaled Salem Alraddadi, Hassan Mayudh Almalki, Saud Mohammed Altowerqi International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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