Fleur-de-lys abdominal body contouring surgery following massive weight loss.

Vertical Body Lift: Surgical Technique and Comparison with the Inferior Body Lift Technique

“…This enables using a single anterior drain that is removed on the first day, resulting in no seroma and less wound dehiscence. 3 Patients are typically discharged from postoperative days 1 to 3, and we are considering ambulatory surgery with these refinements to improve the patient experience and secure postoperative follow-up. In our experience, patients with a body mass index lower than 32 are perfect candidates for lipo–body lift procedures.…”

“…2 We believe this is critical to ensure a lower scar, located approximately 8 cm above the commissure, and to prevent further scar ascension. Moreover, our markings for the vertical anterior resection are critically different from the authors’ description: we chose an arabesque or spade shape 3 (Fig. 1), adapting to the supraumbilical excess and the skin fold at the height of the umbilicus.…”