Dr. Steve Laverson, M.D.

Losing weight by dietary restriction will diminish stored fat everywhere on your body including your back and arms. If you have disproportionate fullness of your back and arms, liposuction permanently removes fat from those areas and will trim your size and contour.

Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) surgery is a three to five hour procedure in my office. Although it can be accomplished faster, our focus is on a beautiful and durable result without complications. We selectively undermine, sculpt fitness contours, perform triple layer central plication, use Medtronic plasmablade to minimize chance of seroma, and close with multiple progressive tension sutures prior to the three layer skin closure. We iterate as the operation progresses and results become apparent so the result can be adjusted as needed for the best outcome. This type of attention to detail adds time, but every woman is special and we believe worthy of the best we can offer.

If you are 33, it is surprising that you're having facelift. This specific question should be directed to your surgeon. Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but the answer depends on your surgeon's technique, and it would be unprofessional for a surgeon to offer advice online that may contradict your own surgeon's preference.

The answer is YES, there are many non-surgical approaches to skin tightening such as CO2 laser, OPUS Plasma, Thermi Radiofrequency, Injection of fat or fillers, etc. In general however, surgical skin flap advancement and removal of redundancy offers much greater magnitude of tightening, albeit with a surgical scar which established techniques are designed to conceal.

At age 30, unless family history of breast cancer or BRCA positive, only monthly breast self-examination for new lumps, masses, or changes indicated. If breasts and implants are soft, relatively symmetric, and you're happy with them, there is not any particular duration at which they should be checked or changed.