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4 Areas of Your Body That Respond Well to Body Contouring
Diet and exercise can work wonders for your health and your weight. But when it comes to defining your shape, these approaches often fall flat.
That’s because while diet and exercise provide general, overall results, improving your contours requires more focus and precision — and that’s when body contouring can help.
Rishi Jindal, MD, offers body contouring procedures for patients at Rejuvenate Plastic Surgery using a truly patient-centered, custom approach for the best results. Here, learn four key areas that respond especially well to body contouring and its unique approach to restoring tighter, firmer, more youthful contours.
1. Arms
The upper arms are notoriously difficult to keep firm and toned as we age, particularly the back or under part of the arm from the armpit to the elbow area. In fact, this area is so prone to sagging, the phenomenon has its own (unflattering) nickname: batwings.
Even with a healthy diet and regular exercise, excess skin and fatty tissue combined with a loss of skin tone can leave this area looking flabby and unattractive. The good news: Arm lift surgery can help.
Also called brachioplasty, arm lift surgery uses special techniques to remove excess skin and fatty tissue via an incision made on your inner arm. Once excess tissue is removed, Dr. Jindal reshapes the arm area so it looks firmer and smoother.
When skin laxity isn’t an issue, liposuction can create a good result. The liposuction device breaks up and removes extra fatty tissue for a slimmer appearance. When needed, brachioplasty and liposuction can be combined for custom results.
2. Breasts
Breast shape can change dramatically as you age, particularly during the menopause years. While any woman can experience these changes, they tend to be especially visible in women who’ve had children, women who’ve breastfed, and people who’ve gained and lost a lot of weight.
To contour the breast area, Dr. Jindal offers both breast reduction surgery and breast augmentation to either decrease or increase the size and fullness of the breasts. During surgery, Dr. Jindal can gently lift the breasts, repositioning them in a more youthful position for improved contours and greater confidence.
3. Flanks and thighs
The flank and thigh areas are challenging to shape and tone for many people, despite diet and exercise. Age-related changes, hormonal fluctuations, and weight gain and loss can all affect the contours of your thighs and waist, and even though the name “love handles” may sound cute, it’s not a nickname anyone truly covets.
Body contouring procedures can address both these areas, either separately or together, creating firmer, slimmer, sleeker contours and a tighter waistline. Liposuction can play an essential role for slimming-down both areas, but particularly the waistline.
For your thighs, a lower body lift or thigh lift removes excess fat and eliminates sagging skin, as well. Many people combine a thigh lift with a buttlift procedure to elevate a drooping butt and improve your confidence in jeans and other clinging clothes.
4. Belly area
The belly area is a popular target for many people who want to use body contouring to improve their appearance. Depending on your needs and goals, Dr. Jindal may recommend liposuction or tummy tuck surgery or both.
Also called abdominoplasty, tummy tuck surgery removes excess skin and stubborn fat deposits for a slimmer, flatter tummy. He also tightens the underlying abdominal muscles to ensure a leaner-looking result. This option is especially good for women with lax skin or loose muscles due to pregnancy or anyone left with a flabby belly and extra skin following weight loss.
Liposuction is a popular choice for people with good skin tone who want to get rid of unwanted fat bulges in the belly area. Dr. Jindal uses a custom approach to liposuction for the best possible results.
Many patients combined abdominoplasty or abdominal liposuction with liposuction in their flanks or a thigh lift for a completely rejuvenated lower body.
Get the body you want
How we look has a direct bearing on how we feel about ourselves and the world around us. Body contouring helps you correct issues that are making you feel self-conscious and detracting from your quality of life.
To learn more about these and other treatments that can help you look your confident best, request an appointment online or over the phone with Dr. Jindal and the team at Rejuvenate Plastic Surgery in San Diego, California, today.