

When you’re young and carry excess weight for only a short time, your skin has enough elasticity to bounce back to its original flat shape. Because the extra skin is loose, it can sag. If you then lose a large amount of weight, you’re left with the same amount of skin but less fatty tissue that needs to be covered. The more weight you gain, the more your skin stretches.

Your skin has to stretch out to cover the extra fatty tissue as it accumulates. This can cause it to enlarge and bulge out. When you gain weight, excess fat often accumulates in your mons pubis. It’s more obvious in women, but men have one too. Your mons pubis is the triangular area that runs from the top of your pubic hair down to the place where your genitals begin. Laser liposuction can help tighten the skin in the area if it’s not too excessive. Liposuction uses suction to remove excess fat but it can’t change the appearance of or remove saggy skin. With monsplasty, excess fat and skin is cut away with a scalpel. Monsplasty and liposuction can be done together, but they’re different procedures. Monsplasty is the surgical procedure that’s used to remove excess skin and fatty tissue when a noticeable bulge forms in the upper pubic area due to weight gain or sagging skin.Ī monsplasty is usually done at the same time as a tummy tuck ( abdominoplasty) because a bulging mons pubis is often more noticeable after you’ve removed fatty tissue and tightened the skin on your abdomen.
