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Liposuction

5 Post-Liposuction Exercise Tips

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Liposuction surgery is a great way for patients in the Point-Claire area to get rid of areas of fat they don’t want, such as muffin tops and love handles. However, if you don’t exercise after surgery, liposuction may only end up making your body exchange one set of problems for another. According to research, when fat is removed from the abdominal area, the body replaces it by increasing levels of belly fat. This can put your body at an increased risk of developing diabetes or heart disease. To counter this, a regular exercise regime should be followed after surgery. This is the best way to gain long-lasting results from liposuction.

Exercise After Liposuction

1. Start Gradually

Exercise after undergoing liposuction should not begin until 2-6 weeks after surgery. This is to ensure that the wounds are fully healed and not at risk of reopening under stress. However, you can do light activities such as walking to get the body accustomed to exercising (without risk of bleeding) and then move on to more rigorous activities after the recovery period.

You can also gradually increase the intensity of regular exercises, such as on the treadmill with each passing week after surgery. For example, in your first week, you go at 1 mile-per-hour, in your second week, 2 miles-per-hour, your third week, 3 miles-per-hour, and continue on.

If the exercise makes you uncomfortable, then stop. This is a warning sign of possible damage to the surgical wounds.

2. Exercise Regularly

Once you have a regular exercise regime in place, stick to it. Strength training and cardio are sure ways to burn any excess belly fat the body may want to produce to compensate for lost fat. One study showed that women who exercised regularly 3 times a week kept their fat off while women who did not gained extra belly fat. You should exercise for at least 20 minutes a day.

3. Eat healthy

Any exercise will not be of much benefit if it is not supported by a healthy diet. Whole grains, fruits, and vegetables are good sources of carbohydrates that will not leave you with hunger pangs.

4. Eat regularly

Having small meals throughout the day is better than having large meals. This way you won’t overeat and increase the risk of gaining weight, especially belly fat. Your body can also maintain high energy levels.

5. Join a Gym

It might be a good idea to join a gym. A gym membership can keep you motivated to stay on a regular exercise regime, especially since you are already paying.

Brazilian Butt Lift

Brazilian Butt Lift vs Traditional Butt Lift

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The Brazilian butt lift is popular among Montreal patients because it is less invasive than a traditional butt lift. It also helps shape the abdominal area, hips, and waist. The goal of a Brazilian butt lift is to create a curvy figure and a round bottom.

Brazilian Butt Lift

What Is an Excisional Butt Lift?

This is the traditional butt lift, which is more invasive and leaves larger, although strategically hidden, scars. This procedure takes sagging skin and pulls it upwards, much like how a tummy tuck works, except that the skin is stretched in the opposite direction. The excess skin is removed, leaving the bottom less saggy, and as a result, the whole area looks trimmer and smaller.

The Two Stages of the Brazilian Butt Lift

First, fat is harvested from the abdomen to flatten the belly and define the waist. Next, the fat is injected under the skin in the buttocks to fill and reshape the butt.

To ensure a level of quality, the fat that was taken from the abdomen is processed before being injected. Reusing the fat means that the structure of the tissue needs to be disturbed as little as possible. Surgeons do the following:

  • The fat is carefully harvested either by hand or through a medical vacuum
  • The fat is then processed. This stage can vary depending on the method used — some doctors will add antibiotics to prevent infection and some will use a filter to prevent the inclusion of other tissue

Fat grafting is similar to getting an implant without the risk of the body rejecting the implant.

Shaping the Buttocks

Once processed, the fat can be injected using either a cannula that can be large or small, single- or multiple-holed. Ultimately, the goal is to get a rounder, higher, and plumper bottom. Using multiple injection sites not only ensures a better distribution of the fat, it also increases the absorption rate of fat cells into the body. The amount of fat transferred depends, but it usually falls into the range of 500 to 1,000cc.

Brazilian butt lift before-and-after

Recovery

After the procedure, you will be expected to avoid sitting or lying on your back for a few weeks while your body recovers. You may also be provided with a compression garment to keep things in place as you move around during the day.

Body Procedures

5 Benefits of Thigh Lifts

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A thigh lift is a cosmetic surgical procedure intended to remove extra fat and skin in the inner and outer thigh areas. These areas typically become increasingly problematic as we age, holding on to extra fat and losing skin elasticity, resulting in a saggy and aged appearance.

Thigh Lift

Frequently resistant to diet and exercise, often the only way to treat these regions is by undergoing a surgical procedure such as a thigh lift.

Is a Thigh Lift Right for You?

Patients desiring more proportionate thighs with a firmer look and feel will be pleased to know that this procedure is available. Particularly popular with patients who have undergone rapid weight loss or bariatric surgery, a thigh lift will target fat, skin, and tissue in order to achieve a toned and healthy appearance. If you are suffering from flabby thighs or having difficulty fitting into your favorite clothes, you should consult with one of the plastic surgeons in Montreal about the benefits of a thigh lift procedure.

Good candidates include those who have reached a stable weight and are in good general health. Men and women seeking to undergo this procedure should be nonsmokers who do not drink heavily, have realistic expectations, and are committed to a healthy lifestyle. They must also be psychologically sound of mind and able to follow postoperative care instructions.

Benefits

  1. Clothing
    Many patients find that it is much easier to find attractive, well-fitted clothing after they have undergone this procedure. Dresses and bathing suits look more attractive, and pants will fit more comfortably. Favorite clothing items will fit better again, and you may feel more comfortable and attractive in more revealing outfits.
  2. Youthful appearance
    Regain the appearance of youth with firmer, shapelier legs. For those committed to exercise, it can be extremely frustrating to not see physical improvement from their effort. With this procedure, athletes can enjoy the full fruits of their labor despite the effects of time and aging.
  3. Exercise
    Many patients express difficulty or discomfort while engaging in physical activities before this procedure due to the size and lack of tone in their thighs. Following the procedure, they are able to enjoy physical activity and exercise more than ever before.
  4. Comfort
    Following a thigh lift procedure, you will no longer have to experience that unpleasant rubbing of the thighs against each other when wearing shorts, skirts, or dresses.
  5. Shapelier body
    A thigh lift can improve your silhouette and the appearance of your legs and buttocks for a more proportionate and shapelier body.
Tummy Tuck

Tummy Tuck vs Liposuction: Which Do You Need?

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While both a tummy tuck and liposuction can be excellent body contouring tools, they are not interchangeable.

They will both help you achieve a smoother, more toned body – especially when used in conjunction with each other – but their uses differ somewhat. In the simplest terms, a liposuction treatment will only remove pockets of excess fat, while a tummy tuck can target excess skin, pockets of fat, and weakened, sagging muscles in order to create a much smoother, flatter stomach area.

Tummy Tuck VS Liposuction

Liposuction

This procedure can be used to remove stubborn fat from most areas of the body. It is best suited to healthy patients with firm, elastic skin. This is because liposuction cannot remove loose or sagging skin and removing fat from these areas may only worsen the appearance of loose, hanging skin. Because only a limited amount of fat can safely be removed at one time through liposuction, patients should be close to their ideal weight before their procedure.

The Procedure

In order to perform a liposuction procedure, your surgeon will make small incisions around the area before infusing the treatment area with a solution of saline and pain medication. This solution is designed to reduce bleeding and pain throughout the procedure. Finally, a small cannula is inserted to loosen the fat before it is suctioned out.

Tummy Tuck

Only used on the abdominal area, this surgical procedure combines fat removal with the removal of excess skin tissue as well as the restructuring and repair of muscles in the area. A common choice for mothers in the Montreal area, this procedure can help to repair muscles damaged through pregnancy and childbirth in order to achieve a much flatter and more toned stomach.

Well-suited to mothers and people who have experienced drastic weightloss, a tummy tuck is a major surgery that pulls the muscles into tighter alignment, trims excess skin, and removes excess fat from the area.

The Procedure

Depending on the desired results of the patient there are several different kinds of tummy tucks that can be performed. The main different between them is how much of the abdominal area they affect.

Mini-tummy tucks, for example, target a small section for improved recovery and healing times, while an extended tummy tuck includes not only the lower abdomen and side areas but also the section above and around the belly button. Because this is a more involved procedure, it will require greater recovery time than a less invasive procedure like liposuction, but it can be used to achieve more dramatic results.