Post-Bariatric Body Contouring
Finalise your weight loss journey and achieve your desired physique with post-bariatric body contouring by Dr. Grant Hamlet.
Trusted Expertise
Dr. Grant Hamlet is a globally recognised aesthetics doctor with over 15 years of experience delivering natural-looking, transformative results. Patients trust his precision, artistry, and deep anatomical knowledge to enhance their appearance safely and beautifully.
Patient-Centred Care
Each treatment begins with a comprehensive consultation to understand your goals and craft a personalised plan. Dr. Grant Hamlet is known for his warm, honest approach, prioritising your well-being, confidence, and long-term satisfaction.
Innovation at the Forefront
Using cutting-edge techniques and state-of-the-art technology, Dr. Grant Hamlet offers advanced treatments including body contouring, regenerative therapies, and facial aesthetics – always at the highest medical standards.
Natural Results
Dr. Grant Hamlet’s signature style focuses on enhancing your natural beauty, not masking it. Clients leave looking refreshed, not “done”, thanks to his subtle, refined approach that celebrates individuality.
Introduction to Post-Bariatric Body Contouring
Benefits of Post-Bariatric Body Contouring
Undergoing post-bariatric body contouring with Dr. Grant Hamlet offers a range of significant benefits that can finalise your weight loss journey.
Refined Body Contours
Boosted Confidence and Wellbeing
Achieving your desired physique can dramatically improve your self-esteem and body image, providing a psychological boost and a strong sense of accomplishment after your hard work.
Resolved Physical Discomfort
Excess skin can cause physical discomfort, rashes, or infections. Body contouring resolves these issues, improving skin health and making movement and exercise more comfortable.
A Lasting Sense of Completion
Good Candidates
Ideal candidates for post-bariatric body contouring are individuals who have undergone bariatric surgery and reached several crucial milestones. It is essential that you have achieved and maintained a stable body weight, as this is key to ensuring long-lasting and beneficial results. You must also be committed to living a healthy lifestyle, as aesthetic procedures are a supplement to help you thrive, not a replacement for a balanced diet and regular exercise. You should also not smoke. Smoking brings with it many unwanted risks and complications and those risks are heightened when undergoing surgical procedures.
Your Consultation
Your consultation will be a wonderful way for you and Dr. Hamlet to get to know each other, and discuss your personal aesthetic goals. Dr Hamlet takes a customised approach to all aesthetic procedures.
Before your consultation, please be prepared to share the following:
- Any medical conditions or treatments or drug allergies.
- Current medications, herbal supplements, vitamins, alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.
- Previous surgeries.
Following a thorough evaluation, Dr. Grant Hamlet can determine which procedures will best help you achieve your desired physique. He believes the success of every procedure begins in this detailed consultation and the meticulous preparation that follows, which is why he will provide you with a personalised treatment plan.
Dr. Hamlet is not just a surgeon but an anatomical artist who understands how proportions and contours affect our perception of beauty. Unlike a one-size-fits-all approach, he takes the time to understand your unique anatomy, meticulously planning how to enhance your natural contours. By marrying a deep knowledge of aesthetics with his attention to detail, he can sculpt your body into the best version of yourself.
The Post-Bariatric Body Contouring Procedure
Before your surgery, Dr. Hamlet may ask you to do the following:
- Stop smoking.
- Get a medical evaluation and lab testing.
- Cease taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory meds, herbal supplements, or other medications that have the potential to increase bleeding.
Post-bariatric body contouring is a comprehensive suite of surgical procedures performed under general anaesthetic. The procedure involves a customised combination of techniques, with Dr. Hamlet using strategic incisions to access and remove excess skin and stubborn fat deposits from the targeted areas. This complex process may require more than one surgical session, depending on the extent of the treatment.
Post-Bariatric Body Contouring Techniques
Dr. Grant Hamlet offers a range of procedures that can be combined to create a comprehensive post-bariatric body contouring strategy tailored to your needs.
Arm Lift
Very often, the arms collect sagging skin after weight-loss. You might love the lost weight but still wear long-sleeve shirts because you aren’t comfortable with your arms. To enhance this problem area that resists diligent exercise, arm lifts, or brachioplasty, perform an essential function. Arm lifts literally lift and tighten your arms to bring them into harmony with the rest of your figure.
Breasts/Chest
The breasts and chest can also be affected after bariatric surgery. For women, the breasts may sag or become slightly asymmetric. For men, the chest may show an unfortunate resemblance to female breasts. Diet can’t address these persistent conditions. To resolve sagging or asymmetric breasts, Dr Hamlet can perform a breast uplift to achieve a patient’s desired results. For men, Dr Hamlet may elect to use liposuction tailored to the male body to resolve this unwanted effect.
Body Lift
As studies indicate, excess skin is the most common issue after bariatric surgery. Body lifts are designed to eliminate this excess skin and allow your new shape to shimmer in the summer sun. A straightforward procedure, body lifts produce profound results. Body lifts allow your inner beauty to rise to the surface.
VASER Liposuction & Liposculpture
Weight-loss surgery works remarkably well. But it doesn’t always remove those obstinate pockets of fat that refuse to budge. Everyone has areas of the body that naturally like to collect fat. VASER (vibration amplification of sound energy at resonance) represents an advancement on traditional liposuction by using sound energy to more effectively remove targeted fat deposits. Dr Hamlet is an internationally renowned specialist in VASER techniques. He can select from the full armamentarium of VASER techniques (VASER Mid Def, VASER Hi-Def, VASER 4D, VASERsmooth) to utilize the best one for your circumstances. Dr Hamlet performs advanced techniques of liposculpture. Liposculpture isn’t just about removing as much fat as possible but rather sculpting the shape desired by the patient.
Fat Transfer
A great benefit of VASER is that it extracts high-quality fat that can be repurposed. Fat transfer means that patients can utilize their own excess fat from an undesirable region and graft it to an area where they would like a boost. The most popular locations that patients elect for fat transfer are the breasts and buttocks. Fat transfer works great to help patients enhance their bustline or give them the lush buttocks they desire. Because the fat comes from their own bodies, the patient’s body will not reject the fat or trigger an allergic reaction.
Tummy Tuck
Tummy tucks, or abdominoplasty, focus on tightening the muscles in addition to removing that pesky excess skin. Tummy tucks can also resolve the condition of diastasis recti which is one side effect from being overweight or after pregnancy. Diastasis recti means the separation of the abdominal muscles from their ideal position. Abdominoplasty corrects this condition and can reform the stomach for the desired aesthetic of the patient, be it slimmer and more petite or to enhance hourglass curves.
Facelift
Sometimes the face can also show the effects of significant weight loss, leading to sagging jowls and loose skin. A facelift is an effective procedure that works to tighten facial skin and remove these undesirable elements, restoring a more youthful and defined facial contour.
Recovery
Recovery from any procedure depends on the duration and extent of the surgery and the health of the patient. Be sure to ask Dr. Hamlet any questions regarding post-op procedures, dressings/bandages, stitches, medications, follow-up care, and when you can resume normal activities. He’ll be happy to make sure that you have all the information you need.
Recovery from post-bariatric body contouring is a gradual process and will vary depending on the extent of your procedures. You will be provided with detailed instructions on how to care for your surgical sites, manage any discomfort with prescribed medication, and when you can safely resume activities. It is essential to follow all of Dr. Hamlet’s instructions carefully to ensure optimal healing and the best possible results. The results of the surgery are long-lasting, leading to a profound psychological boost in self-esteem and quality of life.
FAQs
Will the NHS Pay for Post-Bariatric Body Contouring?
Whether the NHS will cover the cost of your post-bariatric body contouring procedure is subject to specific criteria, as funding is not always available for purely cosmetic reasons. It is often dependent on whether the procedure is deemed a medical necessity, for instance, to resolve recurring skin issues or mobility problems caused by excess skin.
The best way to get a definitive answer for your personal circumstances is to discuss this directly with Dr. Hamlet during your consultation. He will be able to assess your case thoroughly and provide guidance on this matter.
How Long After Weight-Loss Surgery Can I Get Cosmetic Surgery?
It’s important to let your body adjust and to be able to maintain a stable body weight before you undergo a cosmetic procedure. Usually, our patients undergo body contouring procedures 12-18 months after the initial bariatric surgery.
Pricing
The cost of post-bariatric body contouring is highly individualised, as it depends on the specific combination of procedures tailored to your unique needs. Due to the customisable nature of the treatment, Dr. Grant Hamlet advises a comprehensive consultation. Following a thorough review of your medical history, aesthetic goals, and a physical examination, he will be able to provide you with a precise quotation for your personalised suite of procedures.
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