Body contouring or shaping has more focus on circumference reduction of specific body areas rather than general weight loss, measuring the results is usually based on inch/centimetres and isn’t commensurate with results in kilograms. That said, it is common to have patients who lost little to no weight but are extremely happy with the results of losing a few centimetres from the abdomen and/or other body areas that bothered them.

The treatment enables patients to wear clothes that they used to fantasize about, this is achieved by this circumference reduction of abdomen or thighs which homogenizes the diameter of different body parts.

The concept of body shaping works by denaturation of fat cells using different technologies like radio frequency, ultrasound, cryolipolysis & laser, this denaturation triggers body reaction to remove the fat cells debris. Technological advancement now avails new technologies that can treat patient comfortably in a contact-free manner and without the need of practitioner presence. Previous generations, while effective, had limitations of inducing bruises due to the mechanism that used vacuum, they also needed a lot of effort from therapists which eventually exhausted them & led to inconsistency of results from area to area.

Additionally, some patients ask for asymmetric body contouring in an attempt to attain better curves. There are specialized technologies like HIFU for localized body contouring that works through delivery focused energy that reduces fat cells. Previously HIFU body applications were limited due to the slowness of the treatment till a recent release of a new generation of specialized quick hand-pieces for body.