BACKGROUND: The two adipose stratus that compose the subcutaneous tissue present different thickness in the body regions, that suffer effects with the weight variations, age, genders and genetics. When submitted to extended body weight variations by bariatric surgeries or extreme diets, generalized macroscopic and histological changes are also observed. METHODS: Twenty eight surgical skin human specimens obtained after surgeries, were selected from the epigastric, peri-umbilical, hypogastrium and flank regions to be evaluated in their thickness and structural variations, from patients after been submitted by bariatric surgery or diets with extensive ponderal weight lost. RESULTS: Macroscopic analysis showed changes from the original patterns related to the fat color, at the superficial fascia and the architectural of the adipose lobules but similar in the selected regions.
Subcutaneous tissue; Weight loss; Anatomy
