Unlike fad diets or extreme workout routines, medically-supervised weight loss offers a balanced approach to getting and staying fitter and healthier. At SpaVie, we are here to help you look your best after you’ve achieved your weight loss goals. To make the most of your medically-supervised weight loss, here are three key tips to keep in mind.
1. Maintain Realistic Expectations
While it’s natural to want quick results, medically-supervised weight loss is about achieving steady and sustainable progress. Even when using popular weight-loss medications, it is important to set realistic expectations, focusing on safe, gradual weight loss rather than quick, dramatic changes. Aiming for a slower, steady pace allows your body to adjust, making it easier to maintain results over time.
Additionally, it’s important to have realistic expectations about new challenges you may face once you achieve your weight loss goals. For many people who have lost significant weight, loose or excess skin becomes a new concern. We can help you to navigate your options when it comes to skin tightening treatments to complete your new look.
2. Commit to Long-Term Lifestyle Changes
Medically-supervised weight loss doesn’t end with reaching your goal weight. To maintain your results long-term, you’ll need to adopt healthy lifestyle changes that you can keep up with over time. We’ve found that for many of our patients, when they look good, they feel good, and being confident about their appearance is a strong motivator for maintaining overall health including eating right, exercising, managing stress and more.
3. Consider Cosmetic Treatments to Fine-Tune Results
Even with the best efforts, natural limitations like skin elasticity, fat distribution and muscle loss associated with weight-loss medications can sometimes get in the way of fully enjoying your results. Fortunately, there are several nonsurgical and surgical cosmetic options that can address these concerns and allow you to get the absolute most out of all your hard work and effort.
Some of the most popular cosmetic treatments to tighten and tone after weight loss include:
- EMSCULPT® NEO. Nonsurgical EMSCULPT can be an excellent complement to weight-loss medications, helping you to maintain your current muscle mass as you transition off of those medications. For those who have lost weight without using medications, we’ve found that EMSCULPT can help to fine-tune their hard work by toning and better defining their abdomen, buttocks, arms and legs.
- Halo™ laser skin resurfacing. With weight loss often comes loose or crepey skin on the face. In many cases, this can be resolved with noninvasive treatments like Halo laser skin resurfacing. This treatment stimulates collagen and cell renewal, helping to tighten and smooth your skin over time.
- Surgical solutions. In some cases, a surgical procedure such as a facelift, tummy tuck or breast lift may be the most effective way to address moderate to severe loose skin and sagging after major weight loss. Dr. Jennifer Harrington is not only SpaVie’s medical director but also a nationally known, board-certified plastic surgeon with decades of experience performing procedures for people who have achieved significant weight loss.
Interested in learning more about cosmetic treatments after you meet your weight loss goals? Call our Minneapolis office at 612-213-1111 or get in touch with us online to learn more.
Author: Dr. Jennifer Harrington
Dr. Jennifer Harrington is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon and the medical director at SpaVie in Minneapolis. Dr. Harrington is recognized as one of the best female plastic surgeons, and is locally and nationally renowned for bringing the highest standards of medical excellence and aesthetic sensitivity to all procedures of the breast, body and face.
