When author Frances Kuffel reached her goal weight -- after losing more than200 pounds -- she didn't even realize how far she'd come. "I kept thinking 'I'm still fat; I still look awful.' Someone else ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Teresa Gretencord's fat all but melted off. All her life, the 45-year-old nurse had been obese. Six feet tall, Gretencord weighed 350 pounds on the day, in October 2004, that she ...

DALLAS – Sept. 25, 2014 – Patients who lost more than 100 pounds and those who shed weight through bariatric surgery had the highest risk of complications from later surgical procedures to reshape ...

For patients with massive weight loss after bariatric surgery, subsequent body contouring to remove excess skin is not itself associated with long-term weight loss, reports a study in the June issue ...

Cosmetic surgery, especially for procedures such as liposuction and butt lifts, remains a “buyer beware” market, with little ...

The world of cosmetic and plastic surgery is vast. Some procedures are fairly well-known and understood — take breast augmentations and buccal fat removal, for example — but others are a bit of ...

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A belt lift is a surgery that removes extra skin and fat around the center of your body, near your belt line. It is also sometimes called a belt lipectomy or a lower body lift. The goal of a belt lift ...

A panniculectomy is surgery to remove excess fat and overhanging skin from the abdomen. People may opt for this procedure when significant weight loss leaves skin hanging down over the groin. An ...