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Significant weight loss affects more than just the skin.
\nIt also:<\/p>\n
Despite enormous personal effort, many patients feel that their bodies have not fully returned to their pre-pregnancy state biologically.
\nExcess skin, soft tissue and sagging contours often mean that the body\u2019s silhouette no longer appears harmonious, even when weight remains stable.
\nThis is precisely why Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter always view the body in three dimensions.
\nThe focus is not on individual areas, but on the overall silhouette and the transitions between them.<\/p>\n
At the same time, a body lift is one of those procedures where it is particularly important to discuss scarring openly and honestly.
\nThis is because the circular tightening technique deliberately creates a long, circumferential scar.
\nIt is precisely for this reason that the decision to proceed is made with great care.
\nThe procedure is particularly suitable for patients:<\/p>\n
From the perspective of Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter, however, it is never a question of achieving maximum tightening at any cost.
\nWhat is far more important is carefully weighing up the following:<\/p>\n
It is precisely in this that they see the crucial difference between aggressive body contouring and reconstructive body surgery, which makes sense in the long term.<\/p>\n
Dr Richter is one of the early pioneers of the Ted Lockwood body lift technique in Germany.
\nAs early as 1999, he became familiar with the original Lockwood concepts in the USA and began introducing and further developing these techniques in Germany at an early stage.
\nSince then, Dr Richter \u2013 and later, together with Dr Wiedner \u2013 has been working intensively on:<\/p>\n
Both have experience gained from several thousand body-contouring procedures and have published numerous scientific papers, textbook chapters and delivered international lectures on these topics.
\nIt is precisely this combined experience, spanning several decades, that plays a crucial role in complex body lift procedures.<\/p>\n
In the past, body contouring procedures often focused primarily on removing excess skin.
\nToday, Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter know that, in the long term, attractive results depend much more on:<\/p>\n
This is precisely why modern techniques for reducing tension and cavities play a key role.
\nSo-called progressive tension sutures are used to fix the tissue to deeper structures in a gradual and controlled manner.
\nThis makes it possible to:<\/p>\n
Particularly in the case of large-area circular skin tightening, Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter regard these techniques as crucial for:<\/p>\n
A particularly important component of modern circular body contouring is what is known as the lower body lift.
\nWhilst the classic body lift refers to the entire circular body silhouette, the lower body lift focuses primarily on:<\/p>\n
It is precisely this area that often undergoes particularly noticeable changes following significant weight loss.
\nIf only the anterior abdominal wall is treated, it is not uncommon for the following to remain:<\/p>\n
The lower body lift therefore takes a much more comprehensive approach.
\nIt not only tightens the abdominal area, but also, at the same time:<\/p>\n
It is precisely this holistic approach that often results in significantly more balanced and natural body proportions than isolated individual procedures.
\nFor Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter, it is particularly important that the tension is not shifted solely to the anterior abdominal wall.
\nRather, the entire silhouette should be reorganised evenly and in a way that is anatomically sound.
\nThis often results in:<\/p>\n
The upper body lift \u2013 that is, the additional treatment of the back, chest, sides of the chest and upper body \u2013 is, by contrast, a complex procedure in its own right, which must be planned and assessed separately.
\nThis may be particularly beneficial in cases where there is significant excess skin across the entire upper body.<\/p>\n
Whilst in the past, hospitals frequently treated severely obese high-risk patients, the focus at the UNIQ Institute today is deliberately on selected cosmetic cases.
\nThis enables:<\/p>\n
This approach often leads to excellent, long-lasting results, particularly in patients whose weight is stable and who are in good general health.<\/p>\n
A modern body lift is never just about the tummy.
\nThe overall body contour is always the key factor:<\/p>\n
It is precisely for this reason that body lift approaches are often associated with:<\/p>\n
After all, a truly harmonious result is often only achieved when:<\/p>\n
Dr Wiedner and Dr Richter deliberately adopt a gentle, anatomically-oriented approach.
\nTheir aim is not to achieve maximum tightening or an artificial body shape.
\nInstead, the focus is on:<\/p>\n
In her view, the most challenging aspect of modern body lift surgery is not achieving the most dramatic transformation.
\nIt lies in restoring tissue, function and body image to a stable, long-term balance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Particularly following significant weight loss or in cases of marked weakness of the connective tissue, the following changes occur: Stomach Sides Back Buttocks Thighs and the overall body silhouette are rarely affected independently of one another. If only the abdominal wall is tightened, the following often remain: Instability of the flanks Sagging buttocks Excess tissue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8108,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[57,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8376","service","type-service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-body","category-surgery-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n