Dr. Loren Borud on Body Contouring after Bariatric Surgery

During his stint as a general surgery resident in the early 90’s in Los Angeles, Dr. Loren Borud assisted on the earliest gastric bypass procedures for weight loss. That time gastric bypass was only considered for patients with the most severe obesity problems. It was a procedure that can result to a variety of complications, ranging from developing digestive disorders to blood clots in the legs. The use of anesthesia was also deemed dangerous.

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Now, advances in surgical techniques and anesthesia have made bypass surgery a common procedure with a fairly acceptable complication rate in many hospitals. It is no longer perceived as an extreme measure to take for losing weight and has gained widespread acceptance in many countries. Dr. Loren Borud has noted that in 2003, more than 100,000 gastric bypass procedures were done in the United States.

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With the increasing popularity of the procedure, a lot of gastric bypass patients have sought plastic surgery methods to contour their bodies after losing so much weight. All the excess, baggy skin left on their now leaner and shrunken bodies is up for removal. Aside from the 100,000 bariatric surgeries done in the US in 2003, there were also 52,000 post-gastric bypass body contouring procedures that took place. Dr. Borud notes that body contouring provides individuals with a much more positive image after massive weight loss. This procedure removes extra skin and fat revealing the leaner body underneath and leaving tighter, younger-looking skin.

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