Who is a candidate for Thigh Lift Surgery?
As we age, time and gravity can cause the skin of the inner and outer thigh to sag and lose tone. The inner thigh is often a collection point for excessive fat and tissue. This skin usually has poor elasticity because it is thin and has few elastic fibers. Women particularly experience fatty deposits around the inner thigh affecting the leg’s overall contour. Typically, this area is slow to respond to weight loss or exercise. In fact, weight loss—and especially massive weight loss—will exacerbate this condition leaving the individual with considerable excess skin. The massive weight loss patient (MWL) is the most common patient seeking this procedure and the skin excess often extends to the knee area. If you can pinch and “lift” the skin around your thigh toward your groin, you can envision what a medial thigh lift can do to improve your appearance. Liposuction can serve as an adjunct to further contour the thigh area. This procedure is not effective in correcting problems at the knee,
