Now that bariatric surgery is behind you, have you been considering plastic surgery? Do you have a lot of questions before you take this next step? Stay right where you are because plastic surgeon Dr. Omar Beidas is in the house answering your questions.

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Today's Guest: Omar Beidas, MD, FACS

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Dr. Omar Beidas is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon with the Orlando Health Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Institute. He specializes in breast surgery and body contouring after weight loss. He also founded Orlando Health's "surgery after weight loss" program, the first of its kind in the southeastern United States. Dr. Beidas also works with bariatric dietitian Gayle Smith who joins me regularly on the podcast.

Questions we discuss in today's episode:

1. When you see a potential plastic surgery patient for the first time, what are the most common questions you are asked and how do you respond?
2. How long after weight loss surgery should you wait to do skin removal? Is there an ideal body fat percentage where you should be before surgery?
3. What is the recovery time on a tummy tuck?
4. How much benefit is working out regularly (building muscle) before having plastic surgery?
5. If you have your stomach skin removed, do you always have to repair muscle?
6. I’ve heard that your inner thighs are very difficult to heal. Is there any truth to that?
7. What is the difference between all the abdominal surgeries? Tummy tuck vs mommy makeover vs pa-nnic’ulectomy vs fleur-dis-lis? I chose the FDL for my first surgery in January but don’t really know what I’m choosing.
8. How many skin removals can be done together (arms, legs, breasts)?
9. How far apart should you schedule multiple surgeries?
10. What takeaways do you want to leave us with that you always want your plastic surgery patients to know?

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