Question 1

Why are these surgeries needed?

Accepted Answer

After a long and grueling weight loss process, patients still have not achieved the body they desire and for which they have put a great deal of effort and effort. Because excess skin that restricts movement, deformed, sagging is still annoying and demotivating.
Sagging and deformed excess skin on the abdomen after multiple pregnancies and excessive weight gain is one of the reasons for applying for this surgery.

Question 2

Who Can Benefit From These Surgeries? When Should It Be Done?

Accepted Answer

In these surgeries, your body should have taken its final shape in weight.
If the patient has lost weight with the obesity surgery method or diet and sports method, the patient should have reached the target weight and remained at this weight for 3 months. And with the doctor's examination, the operation process can be planned.
If the patient has had sagging and deformities due to weight gain and loss for a long time and lives in a constant weight range, he can be examined for surgery at any time and the surgery is performed if his doctor deems it appropriate.
If the patient has had successive or multiple pregnancies, severe deformities can be observed, especially in the abdomen. After the breastfeeding process is over, the surgery process can be planned with a doctor's examination, with a weight range close to his old weight.

Question 3

How should these surgeries be planned?

Accepted Answer

If there is a problem in a single area, the planning of the operation and the operation period are shorter. For example, if the patient has excess skin only in the abdomen and some back, the operation with a full tummy tuck is planned with a single operation.
If there is skin sagging and deformation in more than one area, these surgeries are planned at 6-month intervals. Because postbariatric weight loss surgeries are longer and more painful operations than other aesthetic surgeries. Planning all surgeries together will extend the duration of the operation, prolong the duration of anesthesia, reduce surgical success, and increase complications.

Question 4

Advantages

Accepted Answer

You get rid of excess skin that hangs from your body and restricts your movement.
Your body becomes lighter as it gets rid of the load.
You will have more feminine or masculine lines aesthetically.
Rash, wound, sweat, odor problems are a thing of the past.
Your daily life becomes easier.
As your mobility increases, you adapt more easily to sports and walking. Thus, in the next process, your weight loss will accelerate.
He can now wear normal size clothes. You can shop at the stores where everyone is shopping.

Question 5

Will there be any scars after the operations?

Accepted Answer

Postbariatric and post-obesity surgical operations are operations in which large incisions are made and excess skin is removed. The trace remains. The location of these scars is hidden inside the underwear or inside the body, depending on the area where the operation takes place.
During the operation, the sutures are carefully stitched with minimal damage. Afterwards, scar removal creams are used. But wound healing depends on your structure. In some patients, the scars heal by becoming indistinct, in some patients the scar is evident, and in some patients the wound heals by swelling.

Question 6

Operation Process

Accepted Answer

Your room is reserved for you on the morning of the operation. After you settle into your room in the morning, your doctor and his assistant will visit you in your room.
The operation starts at the specified time. Since the operation will be performed with general anesthesia, you will sleep comfortably and your doctor will begin to shape your body.
Your excess skin is cut and removed in a pre-calculated and planned manner. The damage to the muscles is repaired. The skins are reassembled and closed with careful and fine stitches. If a concomitant liposuction application is planned, some fat is removed.
In these operations, more tissue loss occurs compared to other aesthetic surgeries. That's why major operations are planned in stages. There is a period of 6 months between the operations.

Question 7

When Will I See Full Results?

Accepted Answer

In the days after the surgery, it will be noticeable that you have a smooth skin without any excess skin even when wearing your corsets. As your edema begins to decrease, the results will begin to settle down. Depending on the person, clear and permanent results begin to be seen after 3 months.

Question 8

Sports After Surgery?

Accepted Answer

It varies according to the region where postbariatric surgery is performed.
In general, we recommend walking for 30 minutes a day at a light pace 2 weeks after the surgery.
We recommend that they start sports without forcing with light stretching and pilates movements 4 weeks after tummy tuck surgeries. If there is no other operation planned after 2 months, they can do all sports easily. In the early period, compelling movements may cause herniation.

Question 9

Can Post Bariatric Surgery be planned together with other surgeries?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately, major postbariatric surgery operations are long-lasting and large tissue removals are performed. In fact, it is not planned with a single operation, but with a 2-3-stage operation sequence.
Mini tummy tuck and minimal breast lift surgeries, in which less tissue is removed, can be planned together if the health condition is available.

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