For skin that fits MOOI with the rest of your body.
Have you lost an extreme amount of weight? For example, after a strict diet or due to gastric banding or stomach reduction? If so, you may have a lot of flabby skin at your back, abdomen, flanks and buttocks. After removing your excess skin, you will hopefully feel healthy and reborn. Since you are considering this procedure, we would like to tell you what your options are and what steps you can take. Of course, we will fully inform you during a consultation with the plastic surgeon at our private clinic located in Maastricht.
Plastic surgery after extreme weight loss
The Lower body elevator is particularly suitable for people who have lost a lot of weight. In this operation, a number of areas are corrected at the same time, both on the front and side as well as the back.
If you suffer a lot from excess skin around your abdomen, buttocks and legs, you can undergo a lower body elevator for this at MOOI Clinic. Check in advance if this surgery is covered by your health insurance company. If you are reimbursed for treatment, we are happy to refer you to the hospital. MOOI Clinic only performs procedures for uninsured care.
THE TREATMENT PROCESS
From consultation to new body
Make an appointment first
Call or email one of our staff members to schedule a consultation. Tell us your plans in advance so we can schedule you with the plastic surgeon who is best for you. You can make an appointment through the appointments page.
Or call: 043 311 8708
The consultation from A to Z
You come to MOOI Clinic in Maastricht to discuss your procedure. Write down your wishes and questions in advance so you can ask them during the consultation. During the consultation, you will speak with the plastic surgeon who specializes in removing excess skin around the abdomen, legs and buttocks. From general information about before and after care, to details such as where the scar will be. The scar depends on the amount of skin and, of course, the body part involved.
We are also taking the photos for your medical records today. After the consultation, you will be aware of everything about your future procedure: from our honest advice on the expected outcome, risks, recovery and costs. We advise all our clients to quit smoking around the time of treatment. The same applies to the use of nicotine patches and gum.
An initial consultation involves a €50 consultation fee, which will be deducted from the treatment price.
The operation
The lower body elevator takes place under general anesthesia. At the front, a full lower body elevator is performed in which the abdominal skin is completely detached from the muscle layer to the rib arch. Then all excess skin and/or fat at the bottom is removed. The abdominal skin is stretched downward and reattached. A new opening is made in front of the navel. During anesthesia, you are then turned and the back (back and possibly the buttocks) and side are lifted.
Aftercare and recovery
With a Lower body elevator, you will stay in the hospital for 2-3 nights. You also need to remain on bed rest at home for another 2 days. During bed rest, you will receive injections to prevent thrombosis.
You may have some afterpain, especially if the abdominal wall muscle is also strengthened. You will need a belly band to wear day and night for six weeks after surgery. This stops swelling and fluid accumulation. If necessary, drains provide drainage of wound fluid. These are removed after a few days. You may begin walking carefully short distances in a slightly hunched posture starting on the third day.
After a lower body elevator, you can return to light activities after two to three weeks. For the first two weeks, you should definitely not lift or do any physically strenuous work. You may possibly walk short distances and sedentary work is allowed. After six weeks, you can start exercising quietly. Two weeks after treatment, you will come for a checkup with your plastic surgeon. Sutures are cut loose and new suture patches are applied. Scars may be red for the first few months. That is becoming less and less. Do not expose the scars to bright sunlight; this can cause permanent discoloration. Hematomas rarely occur.
Read all about recovery after a lower body elevator here.
Good to know
As with any surgery, there is a chance of bleeding, infection or impaired wound healing with a lower body elevator. This is usually easily remedied. Given the size of the scars, there is a chance that these problems will occur. In most cases, dressings are used until the wound is closed and no additional surgery is needed. Around the scars, you may have numbness. This is normal and part of the procedure. This area is getting smaller but will not disappear completely. Most people do not find it disturbing. Any small folds in the skin disappear spontaneously over time.
Scar recovery can never be completely predicted. The appearance of thick and lumpy scars, also called scar hypertrophy, can occur. Sometimes a
scar correction
then give improvement after a year.
Fat necrosis may occur; the death of fat under the skin. This is especially common in clients with high body weight. In some cases, this can lead to infection and opening of the wound. Drainage and administration of antibiotics may also be necessary.
QUIT SMOKING
We advise all our clients to quit smoking around the time of treatment. The same applies to the use of nicotine patches and gum. Smoking not only makes you less MOOI on the outside, but also on the inside. If you smoke, you have a higher risk of complications such as poor wound healing, skin shedding or respiratory problems with general anesthesia.
Experience of others
Your desire and reasons for having surgery is personal. It is very important to us that you feel good about your choices. The results of a lower body elevator are always unique. However, you can read the experiences of clients who have chosen MOOI Clinic via ZorgkaartNederland. nl.
Our plastic surgeons
Our plastic surgeons
Your appearance is precious to us. We believe that for proper treatment, you need the right people. Training, competence and quality can only be provided with plastic surgeons who understand their profession. We do not want to be the largest clinic in the Netherlands, but the best.
Additional information on body corrections
What does this procedure cost?
For €14,000
After the consultation with the plastic surgeon, you will know exactly what your treatment will cost.
Please note that it is not possible to claim expenses for treatments from health insurance. MOOI only performs procedures for uninsured care.
If you do want to qualify for reimbursement, we are happy to refer you to one of our hospitals. For this you need a referral from the family doctor. We recommend consulting the terms and conditions of your health insurance policy.
