WHY FACE SAGGING IS SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT?

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WHY DOES FACE SAG AFTER LOSING WEIGHT?

Sagging of the abdomen, legs, arms and other parts of the body can be observed after stomach reduction surgery or after losing excess weight with a diet. Turkey Medicals member and Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Assoc. Doctor in Antalya hospital gave information about facial sagging caused by weight loss.

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1- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

Especially, facial sagging can occur in people who have lost weight close to 45 pounds and above. When the patient loses that much weight, sagging occurs in the navel area, back, butt, breast, arms and upper leg.

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2- BEWARE OF SAGGING ON THE FACE

Pay attention to sagging on the face. In people, the eyebrows begin to droop downwards, the middle face also droops. The groove between the nose and the lip becomes noticeable, it decays forward. The lines around the lip become noticeable.

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3- PERCENTAGE SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

There are sagging in the areas under the chin, the angles on the chin are not obvious. That is why it is necessary to perform stretching operations in patients with the development of such conditions. Because they look much older than their own age population.

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4- PERCENTAGE SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

About 20 percent of those who have had stomach reduction surgery have facial sagging, but people usually neglect it, says Assoc. Dr. explained that this ratio can vary depending on the speed and amount of weight loss.

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5- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

Assoc, who stated that timing is very important for correction operations to be performed for these complaints that may occur after weight loss, said that timing is very important. Dr. ,“It is necessary to do these surgeries step by step. A person who has had a stomach reduction surgery waits about 12-18 months and when he reaches his target weight, we perform a correction operation. We also care about the formation of a certain diet pattern., ” he said.

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6- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER WEIGHT LOSS

Surgery is not the only option for these sagging that may occur. There are also techniques that are applied to sagging without surgery. But the most effective is a facelift operation. Adipose tissue taken from the patient is being filled in places where there is a loss of volume. The jaw line, cheekbones are becoming noticeable. Thanks to this, the tired image can be removed.

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7- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

If a person smokes, he needs to stop it a month before the operation so that there is no tissue loss. However, in order for their blood value to be good, they also need to pay attention to their diet.

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8- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER WEIGHT LOSS

It is extremely important that the patient does not smoke after the operation either. However, we also try to keep blood pressure in balance so that there is no bleeding, especially in blood pressure patients. After plastic surgery on the facial area, we attach a special bandage to the patient. The small scars that form in front of the ear and behind it will also decrease so that they will be slightly noticeable within 6-9 months.

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9- PERCENT SAGGING CAN BE SEEN AFTER LOSING WEIGHT

Patients need to wear a special bandage for 4 weeks. It can take about three months for a patient who has had stitches removed to come back to normal within 1 week after the operation. If it is a young patient, then after the operation he will look like his own age group. However, especially if we are performing a facelift surgery on a patient over the age of 50, 15 years of rejuvenation may be involved. those who have undergone this operation at the age of 40, rejuvenation is observed by the age of 7.
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President of Organ Transplant Center at MedicalPark Hospital Antalya

Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

Physician's Resume:

Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

Certificates:

Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

Professional Members:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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