Procedures:    Lower Body Lift and Face Lift after Weight Loss

Patient:           Cherri Notarnicola of Orange, Virginia

Before:           Cherri enjoyed an active lifestyle on her horse farm in the rolling hills of Orange County. But she could not shake her weight problem, which had persisted for years, was affecting her health and even interfered with her love of horseback riding competition.

“I had a prize horse that I wouldn’t ride because I felt I was too heavy,” Cherri says.

Cherri researched weight-loss options and determined that gastric bypass surgery was the best alternative in her case. She underwent gastric bypass surgery in February 2003 and shed 150 pounds within nine months of the procedure.

But the years of heavy living had also taken its toll on her skin. Cherri could not firm up the excess skin that remained around her abdomen, lower body and face.

After:              Cherri contacted Plastic Surgery Services of Fredericksburg. Her board certified plastic surgeon advised her to consider a lower body lift, which included a tummy tuck, liposuction and buttocks and thigh lifts. He performed Cherri’s lower body lift in November 2003 and, two years later, her face lift.

The procedures have erased years from her appearance and revealed her curvaceous figure.

“It made the difference,” Cherri says. “Before, I could say I lost the

weight. But now I can say, ‘Wow, I look great.’”

She is equally positive about her doctor and the staff at Plastic Surgery Services of Fredericksburg.

“They were all so wonderful to deal with. I always felt I was cared for in the best professional manner,” Cherri says. “I would never consider going anywhere else, and have recommended the office to my friends with glowing confidence.”