The "Hip Flap": A New Flap to Maintain and or Augment the Hip Area Following Lower Body Lift Procedures.

PURPOSE: The number of Lower Body Lift surgeries following massive weight loss has increased considerably over the last ten to fifteen years. Although techniques have improved, the problem of masculinization in females, with an unnatural cinched waist and maximum projection at the greater trochanteric point, persists in a high proportion of patients. Numerous techniques for autologous augmentation of the buttocks have been described, but none specifically for the hips.