Restore comfort and confidence with surgery after weight loss in Nashville, tailored to your body and your needs. Dr. Kristina O’Shaughnessy offers expert, personalized procedures to address loose skin, persistent fat, and weakened tissue. Her compassionate approach helps you complete your transformation with natural-looking, lasting results that reflect your hard work.
Remove Excess Skin After a
Dramatic Weight Loss
Surgery after weight loss, also known as post-bariatric or body contouring surgery, addresses the excess skin and tissue left behind after weight loss. Even with diet and exercise, stretched skin often lacks the elasticity to conform to your new shape. For example, excess skin removal surgery in Nashville removes sagging skin, tightens underlying muscles, and improves contours, particularly on the abdomen, arms, thighs, breasts, and buttocks. Each procedure is carefully tailored to your specific needs, helping you feel comfortable in your body again.
What Does Surgery After Weight Loss Treat?
- Loose, hanging skin on the abdomen, thighs, arms, or back
- Stubborn fat deposits unresponsive to diet and exercise
- Weakened or separated abdominal muscles
- Skin irritation, rashes, or infections caused by skin folds
- Physical discomfort during movement or exercise
- Aesthetic concerns that impact confidence and self-image
What Surgeries Are Performed After Weight Loss?
Breast Augmentation
Significant weight loss often results in reduced breast volume, leaving the chest looking deflated or disproportionate. Breast augmentation restores lost fullness using silicone or saline implants, or, in select cases, with fat grafting. Dr. O’Shaughnessy customizes the procedure to match your body and goals. Breast augmentation can be performed on its own or in combination with a breast lift to enhance volume and position, resulting in a naturally rejuvenated appearance.
Breast Reduction
After weight loss, some patients continue to experience overly large, heavy breasts that can lead to back, neck, or shoulder pain. Breast reduction surgery removes excess breast tissue, fat, and stretched skin to create smaller, lighter breasts that are in better proportion with your body. The procedure also lifts and reshapes the breasts, improving comfort and posture. It’s particularly beneficial for those seeking long-term relief from physical strain.
Breast Lift
Massive weight loss can lead to sagging or drooping breasts due to stretched skin and a loss of elasticity. A breast lift (mastopexy) removes excess skin, reshapes the breasts, and repositions the nipple to a youthful height. This helps restore firmness and contour without changing breast size, although it’s commonly paired with augmentation or reduction. Dr. O’Shaughnessy carefully tailors your lift to your anatomy to ensure natural, symmetrical results.
Tummy Tuck
A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is often central to post-weight loss body contouring. It addresses stretched, hanging abdominal skin and tightens weakened abdominal muscles. This procedure helps restore core strength and improves posture while eliminating the discomfort from skin folds. Dr. O’Shaughnessy creates a flatter midsection with incisions placed as discreetly as possible. It can also reduce stretch marks in the lower abdomen.
Arm Lift
An arm lift (brachioplasty) targets the loose, hanging skin that frequently develops on the upper arms after significant weight loss. This excess skin, often unresponsive to exercise, can cause discomfort, chafing, or self-consciousness. Dr. O’Shaughnessy removes the redundant skin and may use liposuction for additional contouring. The result is a more sculpted, proportional arm that reflects your hard work. The incisions are placed along the inner arm and heal discreetly.
Thigh Lift
A thigh lift reshapes the inner and/or outer thighs by removing excess skin and stubborn fat that remains after weight loss. Sagging thighs can cause discomfort or embarrassment in fitted clothing. This surgery tightens and smooths the contours of the legs. Dr. O’Shaughnessy customizes the approach to your anatomy and lifestyle, whether you require a vertical inner thigh lift, an outer thigh lift, or both, with incisions strategically placed to minimize visibility.
Lower Body Lift
The lower body lift is one of the most transformative procedures after major weight loss. It removes a circumferential band of excess skin and fat around the waist, hips, buttocks, and thighs. By lifting and tightening multiple areas at once, it creates a smoother, more defined silhouette. This procedure is ideal for patients with extensive sagging that affects mobility, hygiene, and clothing fit. Dr. O’Shaughnessy carefully plans your excess skin removal surgery in Nashville for optimal results.
What Are the Benefits of Surgery After Weight Loss in Nashville?
- Remove excess, sagging skin that diet and exercise can’t fix
- Reveal the natural contours of your slimmer body
- Improve skin health and reduce irritation or infection from skin folds
- Enhance comfort and ease of movement during physical activity
- Restore confidence in fitted clothing and swimwear
- Address muscle laxity for better posture and core strength
- Complete your weight loss journey with long-lasting aesthetic results
Schedule Your Consultation With Dr. O’Shaughnessy
Dr. Kristina O’Shaughnessy is a board-certified plastic surgeon with 17+ years of experience helping patients feel confident in their bodies. Known for her meticulous results and empathetic approach, she specializes in body contouring after weight loss using advanced techniques. Her on-site surgical suite in Franklin, TN, ensures privacy and convenience. If you’re ready to complete your transformation, schedule your consultation today to explore your options for surgery after weight loss in Nashville with Dr. O’Shaughnessy.
