Body

Body and limb reshaping is usually carried out to correct stretching caused by weight gain and loss, often in pregnancy. Some have strong elastic skin which returns almost to normal whereas others inherit more fragile skin where the collagen fibres break (giving stretch marks) and the skin stays stretched and loose. Some of us are able to store fat very efficiently in order to survive famine and oestrogens increase this tendency so mothers have extra reserves to feed their baby.  There are marked racial differences and sometimes mother nature overdoes these fat reserves and gives us an unbalanced appearance, giving rise to comments about 'pears' and 'pigeons'!  Tummy tucks correct loose skin and liposuction excess fat stores, but neither are a substitute for normal dieting and weight loss.

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