INTRODUCTION: After massive weight loss, there is a large amount of undesirable soft-tissue in many parts of the body. The breasts and the abdomen are usually the prioritary regions to be treated. However, the satisfactory treatment of the upper abdomen in postbariatric patients is sometimes a challenge for the surgeons. The reverse abdominoplasty do not satisfactorily correct the residual epigastric laxity in some patients with previously abdominal reshaping surgery, once this technique can not remove undesirable circumferential soft-tissue of the upper trunk. METHODS: Six female patients who had undergone massive weight loss were treated with a new technique. This technique consists of a vertical reverse abdominoplasty with horizontal incisions through the submmamary folds and a simultaneous mammaplasty. RESULTS: There were no serious complications. The technique allows satisfactory and simultaneous correction of: (1) the epigastric looseness, (2) the excess of skin of the armpit, (3) the dorsal rolls, (4) breast ptosis and (5) the lower inframammary folds with only a small addition to the mammaplasty scar in the sternal region. All patients reported being completely satisfied with the results obtained in the treated regions. CONCLUSION: The method described allowed for satisfactory correction of epigastric laxity and breast ptosis and was demonstrated to be a safe procedure for patients who had undergone massive weight loss.
Abdomen; Mammaplasty; Obesiy; Bariatric surgery
