Skin, Fat Or Excess · Pinch And Recoil · CityLink Mall
Loose skin on the lower tummy, below the buttock and along the upper arm can look alike in a mirror and still have different causes. This page explains how Atelier tells loose skin from fat and from true excess, which non-surgical options fit each, and when surgery is the right referral.
Pregnancy, weight change and age all loosen body skin, but what sits underneath varies. In one person the skin itself has lost its spring. In another, a thin layer of fat lies under skin that has also slackened. In a third, the skin still recoils well and a firm deposit sits beneath it.
These look similar when you stand in front of a mirror, yet each needs a different tool, and some need surgery rather than a device. Often more than one is present in the same area.
Types
Dr Sin Yong looks at each area with you standing, then lying down. He pinches the skin, lets go and watches how quickly it returns. Tented skin points to a skin problem; a firm bulge points to a fat problem. Your history of weight change and pregnancy is part of the picture.
The Decision
Skin is treated while it can still recoil. Work on a firm deposit comes afterwards, usually several weeks later, once the skin's response can be seen.
Results vary from person to person, and none is promised. Papery, crepey arm skin is a thin dermis rather than looseness, and has its own page on crepey skin on the arms.
When to wait. None of these treatments is given in pregnancy, over implanted electronics such as a pacemaker, or over active skin infection. After a baby, treatment waits until breastfeeding has finished and your weight is stable, and until any caesarean scar has healed and settled. Body contouring is not weight loss, so it suits a weight that has stopped changing.
When to refer. Some needs are better met by a plastic surgeon: marked excess skin after major weight loss, a hanging fold that does not spring back, split abdominal muscles that need repair, a hernia, or the wish for one decisive change. These are questions for abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), brachioplasty (arm lift) or a body lift. Dr SY raises this at the first visit. Surgery, including liposuction, is not performed at Atelier.
At Atelier
Svelte Touch runs on a HIRONIC platform. Dr Sin Yong holds a Key Opinion Leader appointment with HIRONIC.
For the wider range of body options, see body contouring.
Safety
Svelte Touch and the 4K Body Lift heat tissue, so redness, warmth and some swelling are expected; they settle over hours to days. With radiofrequency there is a small chance of a burn, or of an uneven patch, should cooling or skin contact fail.
Tell the clinic before treatment if you are pregnant, have a pacemaker or another implanted device, or have a skin infection in the area, as treatment is not given in these situations.
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