Body Contouring

Sometimes, our bodies just do not respond to diet and exercise the way we want them to. Cosmetic plastic surgery procedures can reshape many areas by removing excess fat and skin and toning muscle. Below are some of the procedures Dr. Khattab performs for body contouring.

Liposuction - Tummy Tuck - Body Lift - Thigh Lift - Buttock Lift - Arm Lift - Accent Your Body

Liposuction

Dr. Khattab uses the newest tumescent and ultrasonic techniques to sculpture body features by removing diet-and-exercise-resistant fat in all areas, including the neck, arms, abdomen, hips, buttocks, thighs, knees and calves. The tumescent technique is not only safer than the previously used methods, it also offers a faster recovery time, is less painful and can produce unsurpassable cosmetic results.

The tumescent technique that Dr. Khattab uses is much more tolerable to patients (as well as their body tissue) than other liposuction methods. It introduces fluid containing an anesthetic into the area of concern. This breaks up the fat and numbs the area. The fat is then removed with a syringe.

Any areas of fat on the body can be removed by liposuction. If the skin is firm, a good result can be accomplished with just the liposuction procedure. However, dimpled and or lax skin may need additional surgery such as mini-tummy tuck or full tummy tuck, or thighplasty (thigh lift).

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Tummy Tuck

This procedure can help you obtain the flat, firm stomach you've always wanted. Abdominoplasty, or tummy tuck, helps to flatten and shape the abdomen and waist by removing excess fat and skin and tightening muscles. The best candidates have pockets of loose skin and lax muscle that haven’t responded well to diet and exercise. The procedure can be useful for people who have experienced massive weight loss and for women with stretched skin and muscles from pregnancy.

During the tummy tuck procedure, Dr. Khattab trims excess skin and tightens the muscles of the abdomen. Stretch marks on the lower portion of the abdomen can be removed. If Dr. Khattab discovers any secondary conditions, such as diastasis rectus (a separation in the middle of the abdominal wall muscles caused by pregnancy) or a small umbilical hernia, he can correct the problems during the tummy tuck. Then the navel or belly button (umbilicus) is repositioned on the new tummy. After surgery, patients enjoy the firm and flat tummy that diet and exercise could not achieve.

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Body Lift

The body lift is performed to remove loose, excess skin from the torso and upper legs. It offers an improvement in appearance for patients who have lost significant amounts of weight due to childbearing, diet, exercise or bariatric surgery. The procedure is often combined with others such as breast lifts and arm lifts to retain a proper body proportion.

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Thigh Lift

A thigh lift is performed to remove excess skin and fat from the upper legs. Candidates typically suffer from loose, inelastic skin after extreme weight loss due to diet, exercise or bariatric surgery. In a medial thigh lift (inner thigh lift), the surgical incision is made in the inner thigh along the line where the leg meets the groin. In a lateral thigh lift (outer thigh lift), the incision is made from the groin around the back of the body, so that the buttocks are lifted along with the thigh.

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Buttock Lift

A buttock lift trims excess skin from the buttocks that has resulted from massive weight loss. Buttock lifts produce a firmer contour.

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Arm Lift

After substantial weight loss, weight gain or simply from the effects of aging, skin on the upper arms can become inelastic, loose and flabby. Arm lifts, also known as brachioplasty, remove that excess skin and fat. Patients who have significant amounts of fat may want to consider combining the procedure with liposuction.

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Accent Your Body

Accent is a new, FDA approved radiofrequency therapy that is used to treat loose sagging skin and cellulite anywhere on the body, including the waist, flanks, thighs, stomach, buttocks, chest and upper arms. We believe it to be the most effective way to treat resilient cellulite and fat deposits, such as love handles, in the market today. It reduces bulges and gently re-shapes the body, improving body contour. Accent also provides excellent tightening, especially on loose skin often found on the abdomen, buttocks and thighs.

Accent treatments apply deep dermal heating to the bundles of threads between skin and fat to bring about new collagen bands formation and skin remodeling and rejuvenation. The procedure also helps enhance blood circulation and drain trapped fatty deposits and toxins. Finally, its thermal activity shrinks fat cells.

Unlike previous radio-frequency devices which made patients very uncomfortable and hot, Accent radiofrequency precisely heats the skin's inner layer while its outer layer is continually cooled. This provides additional patient comfort and epidermal protection.

While just one or two treatments can produce results, we recommend a minimum of four treatments. A course of six treatments is recommended to best maintain the appearance. With proper care, the results from Accent can be expected to last several years.

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