Body

Treatments in Body

• Body Fat Transfer Body fat transfer moves your own fat, harvested by liposuction, into areas that need volume or smoothing, such as hip dips or contour irregularities left by earlier surgery. It refines shape with your own tissue, no implant. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans it for subtle, natural contour, honest that some grafted fat is reabsorbed.
• Tummy Tuck A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, removes loose, excess skin from the lower abdomen and repairs abdominal muscles that have separated, a condition called diastasis recti, for a flatter, firmer midsection. It is common after pregnancy or major weight loss. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans the extent, full or mini, and any muscle repair to your anatomy.
• Thigh Lift A thigh lift, or thighplasty, removes loose, sagging skin from the inner thighs, skin that chafes, hangs, and does not respond to exercise after weight loss. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon scales the incision to your laxity, from a short groin-crease scar to a longer inner-thigh one, and refines with liposuction when a fatty component is involved.
• Mommy Makeover A mommy makeover combines the procedures that restore the body after pregnancy and nursing, typically a tummy tuck and a breast procedure, often with liposuction, done together in one surgery and one recovery. It has no fixed recipe; it is built around what changed for you. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans it once you are finished having children.
• Breast Lift with Implants A breast lift with implants, or augmentation-mastopexy, does two jobs in one surgery, an implant adds volume while a lift raises and reshapes the breast. It suits breasts that have both dropped and deflated, so an implant alone would only weigh them down. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans the volume and the lift together for a balanced, natural result.
• Breast Implant Removal Breast implant removal, or explant, takes implants out permanently, with or without the surrounding scar capsule, for reasons from capsular contracture and rupture to simply wanting to be implant-free. A lift or fat transfer can restore shape afterward. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans it around the evidence, honestly, without overpromising what removal will change.
• Gynecomastia Surgery Gynecomastia surgery, or male breast reduction, removes the excess glandular tissue and fat that enlarge the male chest, for a flatter, more masculine contour. It combines liposuction for fat with excision of firm gland tissue through a small incision at the areola. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans it after confirming the diagnosis, for a natural result that lasts.
• Body Contouring After Weight Loss After major weight loss, including the rapid loss common with GLP-1 medications, the fat is gone but stretched skin usually stays, and it does not reliably tighten on its own. Body contouring is the set of procedures that remove that loose skin and reshape the body. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans it once your weight is stable, staged to your priorities.
• Liposuction Liposuction removes localized pockets of fat that diet and exercise have not shifted, refining the shape of areas like the abdomen, flanks, thighs, and arms. It is a contouring procedure, not a weight-loss method, and works best at a stable weight with firm skin. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon contours to your frame for a natural, proportionate result.
• Breast Implant Revision Breast implant revision replaces older implants and corrects problems that develop over time, capsular contracture, rupture, malposition, rippling, or a change in what you want. At Santa Barbara Face & Body a board-certified plastic surgeon plans the exchange, and any lift or pocket work it needs, around your current anatomy. Implants are not lifetime devices, so revision is a normal part of having them.