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Skin retraction is the skin’s ability to shrink back over a smaller volume, such as after liposuction or weight loss. It depends on the skin’s elastic recoil, which falls with age and sun damage and is reduced by stretch marks, previous weight loss and pregnancy.
Where the skin does not retract enough, the area looks loose, crepey or folded. That is laxity, and it is treated separately from fat. See loose skin after liposuction.
For mild to moderate laxity, Dr Sin Yong uses VF Lift – Vertical Figure Lift on the body and Time Freeze Laser LCLR® where a thin fat layer remains.
No. It removes fat; retraction afterwards depends on the skin.
Mild to moderate laxity can be tightened with energy-based treatments; marked excess skin needs surgery.
Ahmed M, et al. Comparison of complications in isolated aesthetic liposuction procedures across different techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Plast Surg 2025;48:8. source
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