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Surgery After Weight Loss

Surgery After Weight Loss in Baton Rouge, LA with Dr. Robyn Daugherty

Following a weight loss plan and achieving your goals to restore your health is a significant accomplishment. Losing weight can come with drawbacks, including sagging skin and stubborn fat pockets that may hinder your body confidence. You deserve to celebrate your weight loss and get the help you need to achieve the figure you’ve worked toward. With skin removal surgery after weight loss, double board-certified Dr. Robyn Daugherty can help you eliminate redundant skin to revitalize your overall physique and renew your confidence.

Are you ready to renew your overall appearance after weight loss with one of the best body contouring providers in Baton Rouge, LA? Contact Daugherty Plastic Surgery at (225) 235-3884 or complete our online form to schedule your consultation today! We are located in Baton Rouge and are dedicated to serving plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery patients throughout Louisiana.

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What Is Surgery After Weight Loss?

Weight loss is a significant achievement. However, after weight loss, some people may be bothered by their body’s appearance, including stretched-out, sagging skin that causes physical discomfort, hygienic concerns, or body image issues. Surgery after weight loss procedures are designed to restore body contours and reshape the areas affected by loose, sagging skin and excess tissue. These procedures address excess skin, tissues, and small pockets of fat to create a sleeker, more youthful appearance with improved muscle tone.

Body contouring procedures after weight loss can help renew your body image and increase your self-confidence following weight loss. With tighter, smoother contours from body contouring surgery after weight loss, you can achieve the slender, toned figure you’ve been working toward.

Surgery after weight loss also offers other body-positive benefits, such as:

  • Firmer, more defined midsection
  • Slimmer thighs
  • Tighter arms
  • Reduced stretch marks
  • Enhanced overall tone and appearance
  • More proportioned figure
  • Natural-looking, long-lasting results
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Surgery after weight loss procedures are not intended for weight loss. Rather they are designed to address loose, sagging skin and small pockets of stubborn fat after weight loss. Body contouring procedures are most effective after you have sustained your new, stable weight for 6 to 12 months and have a BMI of 30 or less.

Surgery After Weight Loss Procedures

As each person will experience a unique weight loss journey, they will have distinct areas of concern, including loose, hanging skin and stubborn pockets of fat. Weight loss can often exacerbate that sagging skin, making certain areas difficult to target with diet and exercise.

With surgery after weight loss procedures, Dr. Daugherty can help renew your contours and tailor the procedures to address your needs.

Am I an Ideal Candidate for Surgery After Weight Loss?

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Good candidates for surgery after weight loss include healthy men and women bothered by loose, sagging skin or stubborn fat deposits after significant weight loss. Ideal Baton Rouge surgery after weight loss candidates are looking for slender, more toned contours by addressing lax skin and tissues.

Dr. Daugherty recommends candidates for Baton Rouge surgery after weight loss should:

  • Be in good overall health and live a healthy lifestyle
  • Be at a healthy, stable body weight for at least 6 months with a BMI of 30 or less
  • Be non-smokers, or willing to quit 6 weeks before and after treatment
  • Not be pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Have realistic expectations and a positive outlook
  • Understand the risks of the procedure
  • Be prepared to follow instructions

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Dr. Robyn Daugherty is a double board-certified plastic surgeon with extensive training and experience conducting procedures of the breast, body, and face. She is committed to improving and enriching her patients’ lives with beautiful, natural-looking plastic surgery results and exceptional patient care. Dr. Daugherty invites you to meet with her for a friendly and informative consultation to learn more about your goals and discuss your treatment options.

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Baton Rouge Surgery After Weight Loss Before and After Results

Review our gallery for more of Dr. Daugherty’s outstanding, natural-looking surgery after weight loss before and after photo results.

Choosing Dr. Daugherty as Your Baton Rouge Surgery After Weight Loss Provider

Double board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Robyn Daugherty is an artist and a perfectionist. She chose plastic surgery because of the precision it demands and the creativity it allows her to express. By pairing her extensive medical expertise with her artistic touch, Dr. Daugherty strives to help her patients improve and enrich their lives through beautiful, natural-looking results that increase their confidence and strengthen their self-image to be the best version of themselves.

As a busy wife and mother of 4 boys, including twins, Dr. Daugherty understands many of the insecurities that many of her patients have also faced. Dr. Daugherty’s goal is to help you restore your confidence with outstanding results no matter your procedure. We want to help you look like you—only better and more youthful.

Your Surgery After Weight Loss Consultation

During your consultation, Dr. Daugherty will ask questions to understand your medical history, aesthetic concerns, weight stability, and ideal outcome. She will discuss the details, benefits, and risks associated with surgery after weight loss procedures, then she will offer her recommendations about attainable results.

Following your consultation, Dr. Daugherty wants you to feel educated and empowered about making decisions regarding your procedures.

What Can I Expect During Baton Rouge Surgery After Weight Loss?

While Dr. Daugherty customizes all surgery after weight loss procedures to achieve optimal results for each patient, here are some general steps to expect.

Preparing for Surgery After Weight Loss
To achieve optimal results, it’s important to prepare yourself in the weeks ahead of your procedure. Dr. Daugherty recommends maintaining a balanced diet, high in protein and vitamin C-rich produce.

If you smoke or use any nicotine products, you should quit for at least 6 weeks before and after your surgery after weight loss procedures. Nicotine impairs blood flow to the surgical zone and impacts the body’s ability to produce collagen, which affects your recovery and results.

In the weeks before your body contouring surgery, Dr. Daugherty will recommend avoiding:

● Taking blood thinning medications and supplements, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or vitamin E, for a week
● Consuming alcohol and caffeine for 72 hours
Surgery After Weight Loss Procedure
While each person will have a unique weight loss journey, they will also have unique areas of concern where their loose and hanging skin is a burden. Dr. Daugherty will tailor your Baton Rouge surgery after weight loss procedures to address those distinct concerns. Dr. Daugherty will create incisions to address the excess hanging skin and tighten muscles and tissues to deliver firmer, more toned contours. She will perform liposuction to eliminate excess fat, then place the incisions in discreet locations to remove extra skin and tissue.

After removing the excess tissues, Dr. Daugherty will realign the skin and reconnect it for smoother contours.

The length of your surgery after weight loss procedures depends greatly on your unique procedural plan and areas of concern. Many surgeries can be performed simultaneously; however, the time limit a patient can be under anesthesia is 6 hours for cosmetic procedures. If your surgery after weight loss procedures will take more time than this, Dr. Daugherty will perform them in multiple surgeries.
Surgery After Weight Loss Recovery and Aftercare
Surgery after weight loss procedures are performed as outpatient surgeries, so you will need to arrange for someone to drive you home and stay with you for the first 24 hours. You may also need assistance with household tasks for the first few days.

Following your procedures, it’s important to expect mild to moderate pain, tenderness, soreness, or numbness for the first few days. Be prepared for bruising and swelling that will gradually resolve within a few weeks to months. To minimize swelling and aid in recovery, you will be fitted with compression garments you will wear for several weeks. Dr. Daugherty may prescribe pain medications and anti-inflammatory medications or recommend over-the-counter medications to help alleviate your discomfort.

Plan to take at least 2 weeks off before returning to work. During your recovery, avoid strenuous activities, including exercise and heavy lifting, for at least 4 to 6 weeks.

Positively Radiant Results

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How Soon Will I See My Baton Rouge Surgery After Weight Loss Results?

Depending on the procedures included in your surgery after weight loss, you may see enhancements and improvements to your figures immediately. However, it is important to be prepared for swelling and bruising that may obscure your results for several weeks. While initial swelling may resolve within the first 3 months, residual swelling may persist for 6 months to a year before revealing your final results.

Surgery after weight loss body contouring procedures permanently remove excess skin, stubborn fat, and tissues. Weight fluctuations can affect the remaining fat cells and overall results. You can expect to enjoy long-lasting results by maintaining your stable weight through healthy lifestyle choices. It’s important to diligently follow Dr. Daugherty’s after-care instructions to sustain your long-lasting results.

A Slimmer Figure Is Waiting for You! Schedule Your Baton Rouge Surgery After Weight Loss Consultation Today!

Get ready to achieve the figure you’ve been working toward! With one of Baton Rouge’s premier female plastic surgeons, tighter contours and a rejuvenated figure are within your grasp. You’ll love the youthful-looking results you get from your surgery after weight loss procedures from Dr. Robyn Daugherty!

Contact Daugherty Plastic Surgery at (225) 235-3884 or complete our online form to schedule your surgery after weight loss consultation today!

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