Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss – Case Report

• Authors: Tomasz Zieliński , Bogusław Antoszewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents a 25-year-old woman who is using a strict diet of 1000 kcal lost 83 kg in 18 months. Despite her young age, weight loss caused numerous cutaneous fatty folds, because her skin was not elastic or resilient enough. The patient undergo a multi-stage surgical treatment aiming to rectify the deformations. This example illustrates the problems of patients having undergone intensive slimming procedures and presents surgical treatment methods that rectify typical deformations in these patients.

Keywords

EN

body contouring; plastic surgery; massive weight loss

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 585-589

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2012

online

09 - 02 - 2013

Contributors

author

Tomasz Zieliński

• Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Medical University in Łódź

author

Bogusław Antoszewski

• Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Medical University in Łódź

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-012-0097-x