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The dramatic weight loss associated with successful bariatric surgery can leave behind a few unwanted side effects courtesy of sagging, excess skin that doesn’t rebound as pounds are shed. This particular side effect is giving rise to an increase in cosmetic procedures in the years following bariatric surgeries, such as the gastric bypass. Researchers, in fact, recently crunched some of the numbers and are now realizing that bariatric surgery isn’t necessarily a one-and-done type of proposition for patients who are seeking to improve their appearances along with their health. Data that sheds light on the growing trend of following bariatric surgery comes from the American Society of Plastic Surgery. The data shows strong growth in concurrent surgeries, especially procedures like tummy tucks, upper arm lifts and breast lifts. According to ASPS data, an overall 1.7 million cosmetic surgical procedures were performed in 2014 alone. While breast augmentations still top the charts as t...

The inconvenience and embarrassment of incontinence is something most people wish to avoid. For some, however, doing so is easier said than done. About 70 percent of all women who are considered severely obese and about 24 percent of severely obese men face the uneasiness this condition can present on a routine basis. New research is showing there may be hope for those who are overweight and also suffer from incontinence. Surgical procedures meant to promote weight loss, in fact, may also have the added benefit of putting incontinence into remission. Researchers out of the University of California San Francisco recently delved into the topic to find out if bariatric surgery could help reverse the symptoms of incontinence while enabling the shedding of pounds.  To conduct their analysis, researchers surveyed about 2,000 people ages 18 to 78 years old thathad undergone bariatric surgery. Participants had an average age of 47 and had their surgery performed at one of 10 differe...