{"id":4698,"date":"2023-04-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghsurgery.com\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:50:58","slug":"my-body-does-not-look-like-i-hoped-after-weight-loss-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghsurgery.com\/staging\/blog\/my-body-does-not-look-like-i-hoped-after-weight-loss-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"My Body Does Not Look Like I Hoped After Weight Loss: Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Losing weight requires a lot of work and discipline. While dropping a dozen or several dozen pounds should have you feeling accomplished, it is not uncommon to feel disappointed and dejected after seeing the way your body looks once you\u2019ve reached your weight loss goal. This can happen if you discover that you have loose skin hanging from your body that does not correspond with your new size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To some, it can feel like \u201ccheating\u201d to seek plastic surgery after your weight loss journey, but for many, it is the only solution for their excess skin. In this blog, the doctors at Graper Harper Cosmetic Surgery explain why body contouring procedures are often necessary for patients who have lost weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why You Have Loose Skin After Weight Loss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In theory, your skin is designed to expand and retract to snuggly fit over whatever its current size is. While this is common in younger people with elastic skin, the older you get, the less elastic your skin becomes. Production of the proteins that keep your skin supple \u2014 collagen and elastin \u2014 slowly declines with age. Accordingly, you may find that your skin stays stretched, even after your body has shrunk from weight loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people are convinced that if they simply dieted and exercised even harder, it would get rid of their loose skin. Unfortunately, while diet and exercise are effective ways to burn fat, they do nothing to get rid of loose skin. Surgery is the only real option to get rid of the skin folds that hang from your torso and limbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body Contouring Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you make peace with the fact that excess skin is a sign of your hard work rather than an indicator that you have more work to do, you may warm to the idea of having plastic surgery. After all, your efforts to get healthier should be rewarded, and you deserve to have a body you feel happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Graper Harper Cosmetic Surgery, we offer several body contouring surgeries that can remove loose skin to better show off your new contours. Some of the most popular treatments include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n