Are you unhappy with how your legs look? You may be wondering whether leg sculpting surgery is for you. Having disproportionate, chunky legs can cause embarrassment and self-consciousness. If you suffer from large legs, you may hide them away under long pants and skirts. Wearing shorts or swimsuits may be out of the question because you’re self-conscious. So, it isn’t surprising that many women seek out a surgeon to sculpt their legs and improve their appearance. Here, we look at what sculpting of the legs involves and whether it would work for you.
Which Areas of the Legs Can Be Treated With Surgery?
Surgery is effective in treating all areas of the legs. Surgeons can address the thighs, ankles, calves, and knees surgically. Treatments can be standalone on one area of the legs, or the surgeon may treat the entire leg at once.
Is There More Than One Type of Surgery for the Legs?
There are two different surgery types to improve the appearance of the legs.
The first option is a thigh lift. This procedure addresses excess fat and skin on the thighs. The surgeon will cut away the excess skin and fat, redraping the skin over the body’s new contours. The surgery is quite invasive and may leave visible scarring.
The second option is leg liposuction. There are several different lipo options for the legs, including:
- Cankle lipo
- Knee complex
- Inner and outer thigh lipo
- Whole leg lipo
Liposuction is a less invasive treatment for the legs than a thigh lift. Also, lipo can target all areas of the legs, not only the thighs. Liposuction also results in significantly less scarring due to the tiny incisions the surgeon makes.
A thigh lift is ideal for anyone who has significant amounts of loose skin, perhaps due to extreme weight loss. But in many cases, liposuction produces excellent results when sculpting the legs. This procedure removes excess fat and also achieves a degree of skin tightening. Patients who undergo leg lipo benefit from a slimmer, more contoured-looking leg afterward. As an added advantage, their recovery time is shorter than that after a thigh lift.
Do I Need Surgery to Sculpt My Legs?
If you’re unhappy with the appearance of your legs, you may be considering leg sculpting surgery. However, not everybody is a good candidate for either a thigh lift or for leg lipo. To be a good candidate for either type of surgery, you must:
- Be at or near the right body weight for your height
- Have large or disproportionate legs
- Be in overall good health
- Have realistic expectations of the outcome of your surgery
- Be prepared to follow your surgeon’s advice
- Be prepared to live healthy in the long term
It’s also important to find a surgeon who is skilled and experienced. That’s why you should make ArtLipo your first port of call. Whether you’re looking for a thigh lift or leg liposuction, ArtLipo’s surgeons produce excellent results for patients.
Contact the ArtLipo team now to learn more about which type of leg sculpting surgery would be best for you.
Dr. Thomas Su, is the owner and cosmetic surgeon of Artistic Lipo. He has led our full-time clinic specializing in awake-only liposuction since 2007. Dr. Su began his medical career in internal medicine, practicing that until 2005, when he began to provide a full spectrum of non-invasive cosmetic procedures.
