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Loose chest skin left behind by massive weight loss does not tighten with diet or exercise, but surgery can remove it. A circumferential chest lift takes out the extra skin around the chest and sides, reshapes what remains, and moves the nipples into position. This 36-year-old had the procedure after losing more than 170 pounds.
He weighed 340 pounds at his heaviest. Losing the weight was a major accomplishment, but it left him with severe Type 6 gynecomastia, meaning excess chest skin and looseness that extended around the sides of his chest toward his back. As with many men after massive weight loss, no amount of training could bring back a masculine chest contour.
Dr. Cruise, creator of the Cruise Gynecomastia Classification system, performed a circumferential chest lift, which removes excess skin around the full width of the chest instead of only the front. He paired it with free nipple grafts, where the nipples are removed and placed back in a higher, more natural position, and with axillary liposuction, which removes fat from the underarm area so the chest blends smoothly into the sides. The chest photos were taken 14 months after surgery.
“After losing more than 170 pounds, I never imagined I could have a normal-looking male chest. Dr. Cruise transformed what I thought was an impossible case. For the first time in my life, I could take my shirt off without embarrassment. My results exceeded every expectation, and after seeing what was possible, I returned for a circumferential tummy tuck to complete my transformation. Everything was absolutely worth it.”
He later came back to finish his body contouring. Dr. Cruise performed a circumferential tummy tuck, which removes loose skin around the entire waist, along with a pubic lift, flank liposuction, and fat transfer to the buttocks (345 cc per side). The abdominal results shown are 6 months after that second surgery. Patients travel to our Newport Beach practice in Orange County from across the country and around the world for gynecomastia surgery.
If you’ve lost a significant amount of weight, whether through diet and exercise or with the help of GLP-1 medications, and now have loose, hanging skin on your chest, further dieting is unlikely to resolve it. Book a consultation at our Newport Beach office to determine whether excess skin, fat, or glandular tissue is contributing to your chest’s appearance and which procedure best suits your body.
