Clinical case of extended medial thigh lift in a patient after massive weight loss

Abstract

The present clinical case is of a 35-year-old man after massive weight loss, who, after a gastric bypass surgery performed years ago outside the borders of Bulgaria, achieved an incomplete but significant reduction in his body weight. For a period of two years, the patient lost 40 kg and from 150 kg reached 110 kg of body weight at a height of 170 cm. Despite the need for additional weight reduction, the patient underwent abdominoplasty with an unsatisfactory result in another clinic. At the time of admission to our clinic, the patient has aesthetic, but also functional complaints related to an excessive soft tissue excess in the area of the inner surface of the thighs. After the preoperative consultation, a non-standard surgical approach was adopted on a medial lift with a volume outside the standard in this type of procedure. The result is satisfactory in aesthetic terms and has completely led to the elimination of functional deficits in the area – frequent soft tissue inflammations and inability to move and socialise normally.