Face lift of the thighs

When in addition to one fat infiltration, there exists an important depression of the cutaneous coating, a aspiration alone is not enough and it is advisable to carry out a face lift of the inner face of the thighs.
The purpose of this intervention is to withdraw cutaneous excess, to reduce the thickness of the fat panicle and to fix the surface plan at the muscular and plan.

Before the intervention, an preoperative evaluation is carried out in order to detect a possible counter-indication.

The intervention is carried out under general anesthesia or in certain cases under anesthesia epidural.

An lipo-aspiration first is carried out, by reducing the often important fat infiltration in this area.
The incision is made in the fold and is prolonged in the fold gluteus.

The surplus quantity of skin is, so and a fixing is carried out in the plan and muscular.
The cicatrice, located in a natural fold is relatively discrete.

After the intervention a bandage of application (or a standard elastic clothing ) is set up and maintained during a few days.
The duration of the hospitalization is on average forty eight hours.
The wire (if they are not ) will be withdrawn fifteen to eighteen days later.
In the operational continuations, an edema or bruises can appear which will reabsorb gradually.

The resumption of the functioning is possible in an early way and an antalgic processing is instituted to attenuate possible pains which exist in particular in sitting position (because of localization of the cicatrices).
The showers are possible starting from the fourth, fifth day and a normal resumption of the activity is carried out at the end of two weeks.

This intervention effectively corrects the depression of tissues of the inner face of the thighs, with a relatively discrete cicatrice since located in a natural fold. The port of a is useful, facilitates the operational continuations and improves comfort.