I am about 1 1/2 years out from my VSG and I've lost around 80 pounds. Really need a complete lower body lift, arms and breast. I wanted to see how the scars look after a year and maybe at 6 months. Mainly worried about the scar that goes completely around your lower body. I've found lots of pics, but none that show how the scar actually looks during the months or years after. If anyone would share I would greatly appreciate it!

Pics 1 yr after lower body lift & 6 months

@@Success2013

sorry bud

can't see any pic

bet you look great

you've lost 80 lbs!!!!

terrific

party dance party dance!!!!

keep up the good job

kathy

congrats

Edited August 6, 201412 yr by proudgrammy

Hi, Dr. Capella has a great gallery of photos online. For the lower body lift pictures, look at the "body lift" gallery, but he also has other surgeries as well. He specializes in post-wls patients. Most of his photos are from 1 - 2 years out. Hope this helps!

http://www.capellaplasticsurgery.net/photo_gallery.htm

Hi, Dr. Capella has a great gallery of photos online. For the lower body lift pictures, look at the "body lift" gallery, but he also has other surgeries as well. He specializes in post-wls patients. Most of his photos are from 1 - 2 years out. Hope this helps! http://www.capellaplasticsurgery.net/photo_gallery.htm

Thanks I'll check it out

Does anyone else think it's weird that he takes pics of these women buck naked instead of a small bikini or thong where the genitals are not showing?

Maybe I am an old fuddy duddy.

I have posted scar pictures on this forum - I am about 8 months out.

What I will tell you as someone who has looked at alot of photos post plastics is that how you heal is largely genetic/how well you heal.

Does anyone else think it's weird that he takes pics of these women buck naked instead of a small bikini or thong where the genitals are not showing?

Maybe I am an old fuddy duddy.

Well, they are medical photos after all ... I think it makes more sense to show it all. Just my opinion.

Well, they are medical photos after all ... I think it makes more sense to show it all. Just my opinion.

Well if you flip through them, some have nothing on in the before picture and a thong on in the after.

Does anyone else think it's weird that he takes pics of these women buck naked instead of a small bikini or thong where the genitals are not showing?

Maybe I am an old fuddy duddy.

Weird!!!

If I pose for medical pics I'm going to get a thong first. Now having said that....I've never worn a thong and the thought of one makes my butt cheeks cringe. LOL

For a lot of people getting LBL, having the genital area lifted up is an important part of the surgery. So I think it is great that at least some of the pictures show the results there as well!

Wow at Dr. Capella's work. Very good healing and barely noticed scars.

Due to genetic differences in how scars heal....surgeons tend to cherry pick their very best "afters" which is why I like seeing posts shared by patients who might not make it to the surgeon website.

Good grief! I would be happy to look half as good as MOST of the 'Before' pictures... Looks like mostly vanity surgery to me.

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Due to genetic differences in how scars heal....surgeons tend to cherry pick their very best "afters" which is why I like seeing posts shared by patients who might not make it to the surgeon website.

Amen to that! On the site realself.com you can see a ton of pictures from this doctor and others that would never make it into their gallery of work...

I've got to chime in here about Dr. Joseph F. Capella. I've written extensively about my experience with Dr. Capella (Capella Plastic Surgery) on RealSelf and HealthCentral. My results have been terrific aside from a serious complication that I had with my right arm from the brachioplasty. A long time ago I spoke with Dr. Capella about writing about the complication and he encouraged me to do so. He felt that patients should understand that complications can and do happen. And even when a few patients tried to cancel their surgeries because of the photos of my arm that I posted, he still did not hold it against me.

As far as there being only vanity surgeries posted on Dr. Capella's photo gallery??? He has more photos on his gallery than any surgeon I've ever seen and he takes on so many of the tough cases that other surgeons won't touch. There are very deformed bodies in his photo gallery. He has operated on people with pannis down to their ankles. As for me, I had a monster crouch that belonged in a freak show. Even when I was thin the damn thing was an anomaly. Want to talk about shame for a woman? But Dr. Capella gave me a sexy tight little kitty, to be blunt about it.

The before photos must be nude because they are vital for him to refer to during the operation. Why does he need nude photos when you are lying nude on his OR table? Because you look different when you are lying down than when you are standing erect. For my after photos we did one nude set and one set with the thong, which he has in his office. It is important to have the nude after photos for the medical records and the thong photos can be used for publication.

I have written fair balanced reviews of Capella Plastic Surgery staff and Dr. Capella, including issues I've had with staff and my complication, as well as my amazing results. And BTW as a journalist I am required by the FTC to be honest so that my reviews are ones that patients can trust. And despite my issues with his staff and my complication, this I believe is true: Dr. Capella is very talented at reconstructing the post massive weight loss body AND his prices are comparatively reasonable. People are of course entitled to their opinions, but I would hate to see a patient deterred from going to Dr. Capella for a consult because of some of the misperceptions stated in this string of posts. I would not do my body contouring with anyone besides Dr. Capella, which is why I have flown from IN to NJ to have him.

I wish that I knew how to post photos, but you can see my before and after photos in this video: http://vimeo.com/mybariatriclife/mybariatriclife-transformation-video