Post-Weight Loss Surgery Edinburgh | Ozempic & Mounjaro Body Contouring
Transform your weight loss success with expert body contouring at Quaba Plastic Surgery Edinburgh, where the surge in patients achieving dramatic weight loss through Ozempic, Mounjaro, and other GLP-1 medications meets over 35 years of surgical expertise. Led by consultant plastic surgeons Dr Omar Quaba and Dr Will Anderson, we specialise in comprehensive post-weight loss reconstruction addressing the excess skin challenges following rapid pharmaceutical weight loss, bariatric surgery, or lifestyle-driven weight reduction. Our consultant-led approach provides personalised surgical planning for combination procedures—including abdominoplasty, arm lifts, thigh lifts, and breast contouring—serving patients across Scotland who have achieved their weight loss goals through modern medications and now seek the body transformation that completes their journey with hospital-based safety and proven surgical excellence.
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Post weight loss
Dissatisfaction with appearance after weight loss is usually due to excess skin which does not shrink well. This can result in considerable amounts of loose skin in undesired areas. These folds are common around the abdomen, waist, legs, arms, breast, neck and face. Also, a loss of fat volume in areas where it is needed (such as the breasts) occurs as well.
It is not uncommon for patients who have had massive weight loss to require several procedures. Combined surgery requires careful consultation and planning. Commonly asked for operations include abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), augmentation mastopexy (breast lift with the insertion of implants to restore volume), thigh lifts, buttock lifts and arm lifts and facelift/neck lift
What to expect
You can expect a significant improvement in your appearance following cosmetic procedures after weight loss.
The cosmetic outcomes following weight loss are often not as good as they are when significant weight loss has not taken place previously. This is partly due to the loss of skin elasticity that occurs with weight gain and subsequent weight loss.
Please view our specific procedure pages to learn more about expected outcomes for the different procedures.
What are the risks?
Post weight loss procedures are often performed as combination surgery. This means that surgery can last up to 5 hours, and this carries a slightly increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolus (clots to the lungs). We take several precautions to minimise these risks, including compression stocking, pneumatic boots to pump the calves and improve circulation and blood thinning injections when required.
If you are still overweight, you may have increased risks of infection and delayed wound healing.
Please see specific procedure pages for risks related to those procedures.
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Author
Dr. Awf Quaba, MB ChB, FRCS, GMC 3034912, is a highly esteemed Consultant Plastic Surgeon with over 35 years of experience. He served as an NHS consultant for over 20 years before dedicating the past 15 years to full-time private practice at Waterfront Private Hospital in Edinburgh. Dr Quaba specialises in cosmetic facial and breast surgery and offers a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical aesthetic treatments. Full BAAPS member.