Fighting obesity is difficult but once you have lost weight, you would have to fight yet another battle –keeping your skin tight.

Most cases of having excess skin or loose skin actually involves excess subcutaneous body fat. This kind of fat is softer than regular fat making it looser therefore easily confused with skin. This isn’t really something you should worry too much about because you can always wait it out until all the fat is removed. You can do this through diet and exercise and once the excess fat are gone, your skin will be tighter.

While some are quite lucky to have very elastic skin, some aren’t and this group has to deal with loose, sagging skin due to excessive weight loss.

In order to get rid of loose skin, there might be a need to go under the knife. Getting a body lift for example is a good idea if your skin has already lost its firmness and integrity. Women who have loose skin due to excessive weight loss however usually do not feel comfortable getting a body lift procedure done by a male doctor. Christine A.Stiles, MD a plastic surgeon says, “It is important to find a qualified plastic surgeon and women may feel more comfortable with a female plastic surgeon.” Getting a plastic surgeon you are comfortable with is always a good thing according to experts because it would make you feel at ease.

Getting a body lift will help reshape your buttocks and trunk. It will also bring back the elasticity of sagging skin. This procedure is tailored fit to the needs of each patient based on the patient’s body shape.

The recovery process takes a few days but of course this would depend how quick your healing is. It is important to ensure that you follow the instructions your surgeon gives you post-surgery.