Introduction: Obese patients gets beneficial health effects with the massive weight loss, however they develop excessive redundant skin and become physical problems affecting their quality of life. In severe cases, the conventional body contouring techniques are not able to solve this large alterations, being necessary to use more extensive procedures. The Upper Body Lift is a technique that offers integral management of the upper trunk. Objectives: To describe a case series of patients submitted to Upper Body Lift and present the surgical technique. Materials and Methods: Prospective case series of patients with Upper Body Lift between January 2013 and June 2016 in a clinical hospital. Patients with incomplete information or operated in another center were excluded. Descriptive statistics was used. Results: 8 patients were included, age 39.75 ± 9.37 years, 6 (75%) women. Prior to the contouring surgery they lose 36.75 ± 9.11 kg, reaching a BMI of 25.97 ± 2.35 kg/m 2. In men the chest region was managed with liposuction and subsequent nipple graft, in women mastopexy without implants was performed in 5. No major complications was observed, 4 had minor complications during the postoperative period. Discussion: This series presents similar results to those described by other authors. Conclusions: The Upper Body Lift offers comprehensive and successful management in patients with large upper body disturbance.

Introduction: Massive weight loss in obese, has beneficial health effects, however patients usually presents excessive adiposity and redundant skin, that generates physical and psychological problems. The body contouring surgery helps to modify the contour of the body to achieve aesthetic harmony. There are few national studies that describe the epidemiology of body contour surgery in patients with massive weight loss. Objectives: Describes a series of patients with massive weight loss with body contour surgery and its complications. Materials and Methods: A prospective series of patients with body contouring surgery with a history of low body mass, between January 2013 and June 2016, in a university hospital. Patients with incomplete information or operated at another center were excluded. Descriptive statistics was used. Results: 120 patients with body contouring surgery and low weight mass were included. Age of 38.4 ± 10.4 years, 105 (87.5%) were women. 110 (91.67%) were bariatric patients. BMI of 26.56 ± 3.26 kg/m 2 and a weight loss of 39.06 ± 14.17 Kg were reached previous the contouring surgery. The most frequent surgery was the standard abdominoplasty 79 (65.83%), followed by mastopexy with implants 21 (17.5%). 1 (0.83%) presented major complication and 33 (27.5%) had a minor complication during the postoperative period. Discussion: This series presents results similar to other authors, with a lower rate of postoperative complications. Conclusion: The Body contouring surgery are safe procedures, which provides a solution to the bodily sequels after massive weight loss according to our experience.

Lower Body Lift: Integral management of the lower trunk in patients with massive weight loss. Case series and description of the Surgical Technique Introduction: Obesity is a public health problem; bariatric surgery is an effective treatment to weight loss. Skin surplus and adiposity can produce physical and psychological problems. The management of these patients requires large cutaneous resections. The Lower Body Lift is an integral strategy that allows to handle abdominal, gluteal and proximal thigh area. Objective: Present a series of patients with massive weight loss using the Lower Body Lift and expose the surgical technique. Materials and Method: Cohort of patients managed with Lower Body Lift by plastic surgeons of a university clinical hospital, between January 2013 and June 2016. A descriptive analysis of the series was realized. And the surgical technique is exposed. Results: Of a total of 97 lower body contour procedures in patients with massive weight loss, 17 (17.52%) were Lower Body Lift. 14 (82.35%) were women, with a mean age of 39.2 ± 11.2 years. On average, the patients had a weight loss of 41.4 ± 14.9 kg, with the BMI at the time of the intervention of 26.02 ± 6.17 kg/m 2. Conclusions: Patients with massive weight loss have a large cutaneous surplus that may require extensive resections to achieve satisfactory contour correction. Our patients had a weight loss of about 40 Kg prior to surgery, reaching almost normal BMI. The Lower Body Lift technique successfully corrects the aftermath of massive weight loss, with associated low complications.