The Art of Body Contouring

Body contouring is the art of redefining the body’s shape to restore a youthful figure or sculpt a desired new look. While Drs. West, McNeel, Fabian and Hanna have many years of experience in various body contouring techniques, it is their artistic abilities that enable patients to achieve their desired body shapes.  In the hands of these highly skilled Board Certified plastic surgeons, your body can be safely and expertly molded into a vision of beauty.

Advanced Techniques in Liposuction     

As our body ages, it tends to increase fat stores around  the buttocks, belly, hip, and thighs.   Oftentimes, regardless of how much people diet or exercise, these stubborn fatty areas just do not go away, and their bodies cannot become lean and healthy-looking without some extra help.  Fortunately, our advanced liposuction techniques can eliminate localized pockets of fat for good.   Whether your problem areas are in your hips, thighs, buttocks, knees, back, abdomen, calves, chin, or neck, our plastic surgeons can significantly reduce fat to provide you with a leaner, more youthful appearance. By removing stubborn, localized areas of fat, our patients often take years off of their appearance and gain the confidence to wear a favorite swimsuit again.

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Some other, more specific body contouring procedures include male breast reduction, which eliminates overdeveloped male breasts, and buttocks contouring. Often, female patients choose to undergo buttocks enlargement through fat transfer in conjunction with liposuction to enhance the overall appearance of their body.

Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tucks) 

Our plastic surgeons recommend abdominoplasty, also known as the tummy tuck, for patients who want to remove excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen. Loss of skin elasticity due to age, pregnancy, weight gain, or weight loss often causes the abdomen to lose firmness, or even to stick out. More often than not, the problem of excess abdominal skin cannot be corrected through diet or exercise, and people are left feeling helpless about the condition of their bodies. Not only can this loose skin make a person feel unattractive, but it can also cause discomfort and chafing. The tummy tuck is ideal for patients who want to tighten the abdominal muscles and reduce the appearance of a protruding abdomen. The tummy tuck can be performed in conjunction with liposuction, to firm and shape the abdominal area, giving patients a leaner, younger shape.

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For those patients whose fat deposits, excess skin and/or stretch marks are localized in the area below the navel,
the mini-tummy tuck may be preferable. It is a less extensive procedure than the full-tummy tuck, and can also be
performed in conjunction with liposuction.

Body Contouring after Gastric Bypass Surgery

With the growing popularity of bariatric, or gastric bypass surgery as a treatment for obesity, body contouring after significant weight loss has become a specialty of Marietta Plastic Surgery. By applying the latest techniques in body sculpting individualized to each patient’s specific needs and priorities, Drs. West, McNeel, Fabian and Hanna can help you realize the new shape that is hidden beneath the excess skin which remains after your weight goal has been achieved.