Doody's Book Review

**Description**
This book encompasses a new paradigm concerning the multidimensional approach needed to reshape the human body after such massive weight loss.

**Purpose**
Traditional techniques for body reshaping are not applicable to massive weight loss patients. Guidance in this new area requires updated and new information that this book bestows. The author wants this to be a comprehensive resource for the diagnosis and treatment regimen for these unique patients.

**Audience**
The authors are experts in their respective fields. They have synthesized an approach to body reshaping for both those commencing their careers and those more experienced in plastic surgery.

**Features**
For visual education, operative DVDs illustrate an upper body lift and belt lipectomy. The book is divided into evaluation, background on obesity, prevalence, untoward effects of excessive weight, and weight loss operative options. The latter portions delve into body contouring techniques of the abdomen, legs, arms, breast-chest, and buttocks. The chapters are well written, illustrated with diagrams, and accompanied by representative photographs of patients before and after operative results.

**Assessment**
The editor has accomplished his goal of orchestrating a fundamentally new approach to the care and treatment of the patient with massive weight loss.
The
book is written with the care and enthusiasm necessary to entice the reader to embrace this technique.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Weighted Numerical Score: 83 - 3 Stars