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Home | Cosmetic Surgery | Body Contouring

Chicago Body Contouring Surgery

If you have seen significant changes to your abdomen as a result of pregnancy, have been disappointed with the results of concerted efforts at diet or exercising – or have successfully dieted but are left with a significant amount of flabby tissue - or have simply suffered the accumulated effects of gravity, you may be an excellent candidate for Chicago body contouring surgery. While liposuction alone does a relatively poor job of addressing significant skin excess (and therefore is meant for people with tighter, more resilient skin), the remaining procedures can be categorized as "excisional" techniques, whereby skin and fat are directly removed (often with the help of liposuction).

• Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) – This powerfully transforming procedure directly excises redundant fat and skin from the lower abdomen, tightens up the underlying framework, rejuvenates the belly button, and can be performed without drains for patients otherwise close to their ideal weight. Here in Chicago, a tummy tuck is also the cosmetic procedure most commonly performed by Dr. Steinwald. Check out his beautiful results!
• Liposuction – One of the most popular procedures in Illinois, liposuction is ideal for patients with relatively isolated areas of undesirable fatty fullness (often in the abdomen, flanks, hips, thighs, inner knees or chin areas) and good-to-excellent skin tone otherwise. Dr. Steinwald offers standard or power-assisted liposuction at Lake Forest Hospital, ultrasound-assisted liposuction at HealthSouth Surgery Center in Libertyville, or VASER® LipoSelection at the 900 North Michigan Avenue facility in downtown Chicago.
• Post-Weight Loss Surgery – Patients who have undergone massive weight loss, either through dieting/exercise or gastric bypass surgery, are often left with significant amounts of redundant or even hanging tissue, best addressed through breast lifting, extended abdominoplasty, body lifting, arm lifting and/or thigh lifting. Often two of these procedures can be combined for appropriate patients, but often these involved transformations are staged.
• Mommy Makeovers – Dr. Steinwald has been one of the biggest proponents of combination surgery for healthy women who wish to address more than one problem area (often resulting from pregnancy) at a single surgery, to help them save on both recovery time and operative costs. Often these "Mommy Makeovers" involve both an abdominoplasty and a breast procedure, occasionally with liposuction or facial rejuvenation procedures as well.

Oftentimes body contouring procedures are combined with breast enhancement to re-contour the entire frontal area of your body. Dr. Steinwald has been a Chicago-area pioneer in the development and performance of these safe and streamlined "combination procedures," as featured in the cover story of Suburban Woman North Shore in late 2008.

Your Next Step

It's easy to learn more about body contouring surgery. Simply request a consultation online with Dr. Steinwald and save $50 off the regular consultation fee. Or, call the Lake Forest Plastic Surgery office at (847) 234-9464 to schedule your visit. Dr. Steinwald looks forward to helping you achieve your ideal appearance.