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Introduction: Body contouring surgeries after massive weight loss are done with the goal to improve the patient's aesthetic appearance and quality of life. Usually this is performed as a staged procedure, but we are presenting a single-stage procedure, emphasizing the fact that single-stage procedures improve the patient's degree of satisfaction and do not jeopardize the patient's health status.Methods: Body contouring was done as a single-stage procedure in a 25-year-old man after he had lost 30 kg. The loose skin on the abdomen, anterior and lateral chest, and back, along with residual fat deposits, were addressed by liposuction, abdominoplasty, and chest-contouring surgery using boomerang flaps.Results: Aesthetically acceptable results could be obtained by combining these procedures. Total operative time was 6 hours. There were no perioperative complications. All incisions healed in primary intention.Discussion: Although body contouring after massive weight loss in men is usually treated as a staged procedure, in well-selected cases, it can be done as a single-stage procedure without compromising results or safety. Although a larger series of such cases would prove this more emphatically, this case report certainly demonstrates the feasibility of single-stage contouring in men. Young patients without comorbid conditions are ideal candidates. |
