It is a surgical procedure done under general anaesthesia to remove the loose, hanging skin in the inner thigh. The cut or incision for this surgery is on the inner thigh and has a vertical component extending from the top end of the thigh to the knee and a horizontal component which is at the top end of thigh along the groin crease and almost extending to buttock crease. Thigh lift can be combined with any one of these procedures: liposuction, fat transfer to buttock area (brazilian buttock lift) lower body lift, breast lift or arm lift.
Loose skin in the inner thigh is usually seen after massive weight loss following bariatric surgery, following diet and exercise and sometimes following aggressive liposuction.The skin becomes loose because of stretching and loss of elasticity which is permanent and cannot be corrected by diet and exercise. So only way to get rid of the loose hanging folds of skin is by surgery.