How to tighten sagging skin on the stomach after losing weight, answered the cosmetologist

Fragile saggy skin on the stomach after losing weight is a problem that cannot be solved by exercises alone in the gym. Russian cosmetologist Yulia Shcherbatova told how to tighten the skin on the stomach with the help of injections of collagenostimulators and hardware RF-lifting and in which cases only a plastic surgeon will help, writes sb.by.

The main problem after a strong weight loss is stretched skin, which has lost its former elasticity due to the destruction of internal supporting fibers. Massage is not able to return tissue tone, as it does not penetrate into the deep layers of the dermis.

- It is possible to restore the elasticity of the abdomen in cosmetology only by controlled deep heating of tissues, which triggers the production of new collagen. To do this, a course of 6-10 sessions of hardware monopolar radio frequency lifting (RF-lift) with a break of one week is used. The procedure causes the stretched fibers to shrink. However, it is important to understand that an instant miracle will not happen: the final effect of compaction of the skin increases gradually over three to four months after the renewal of the collagen framework, explains Julia Shcherbatova.

If a person has a mixed defect after losing weight - a soft fat roller in the lower abdomen in combination with flabbiness, the doctor recommends combining techniques. In this case, radiofrequency energy is combined with ultrasonic lipolysis, which points destroy the remains of fat cells and simultaneously tightens the skin. With extreme weight loss, the skin on the stomach can become critically thin, dry and resemble parchment paper in texture. In such situations, hardware procedures alone are not enough, since in depleted tissues, the body simply does not have enough resources to build new fibers.

- If the skin is very thin, we necessarily complement the hardware treatment with injection techniques. The patient is administered a course of collagenostimulators based on polylactic acid or calcium hydroxyapatite. These drugs create an invisible scaffold under the skin, replenish the lost volume of the dermis and stimulate cells to actively divide. The combination of injections and RF lifting gives results even in older patients, notes the cosmetologist. It is important for patients to soberly assess the state of their body and understand where the capabilities of the cosmetologist end and the risks of wasting money on procedures begin.

- Cosmetology effectively copes with flabbiness, slight sagging and loss of tone. But if after a large-scale weight loss on the stomach formed a heavy, empty, overhanging skin “fart”, devices and injections will not help. The excess of the stretched flap in this case is too large, and it is physically impossible to reduce it by cosmetology methods. The boundary here is plastic surgery - with a pronounced "fart" I recommend abdominoplasty to patients, summarizes Julia Shcherbatova.