Weight Loss Treatment

When considering bariatric surgery, most people aren’t thinking about anything other than losing the weight to improve their health. What most people fail to consider is that after a dramatic weight loss, there is a lot of extra skin left. The older we get, the less elastic our skin becomes and after weight loss, sagging skin often appears on the face, neck, upper arms, breast, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs.

The sagging skin on the face, common on bariatric surgery patients after a dramatic weight loss, makes people look much older than they actually are but in the UK, the NHS doesn’t usually fund cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin after a dramatic weight loss. People who were obese and worked very hard at losing the weight now have a wrinkled body instead of the sculpted body they deserve. Thankfully most bariatric surgeons do warn their patients about what their body may look like after a dramatic weight loss.

People needing cosmetic surgery after bariatric surgery are faced with a £4, 500–5,000 cost per procedure but often the procedure is necessary. Sagging skin that creates folds breeds infections and painful rashes so most people opt for body sculpting cosmetic surgery. Besides, what’s the point of losing all the weight if a person cannot show off the results without looking like they need to be ironed?