Body contouring is a group of surgical procedures designed to remove excess skin and reshape specific areas of the body following significant weight loss.
Common procedures include:
Sometimes, no matter how hard you work with diet and exercise, stubborn fat deposits refuse to budge—and they often show up in the most noticeable spots. That’s where we step in. At FORM Face + Body, we provide expert plastic surgery with personalized care and attention, so you can feel confident in your body and achieve results that look and feel like the best version of you.
During the initial consultation with your plastic surgeon, they can answer your questions and provide you with modeling software images to help you visualize your potential results. Drs. Waqqas Jalil and Ron Somogyi work with an expert medical team that supports you every step of the way—before, during, and after surgery. We offer many types of body contouring in Toronto to help you meet your goals and feel comfortable in your body.
There are many reasons people consider body sculpting procedures. However, the primary reason is the ability of the procedure to reshape and redefine areas of the body that have resisted your efforts at diet and exercise. These treatments address stubborn fat deposits and loose skin that can happen after significant weight loss or pregnancy.
Body contouring procedures create a balanced, natural-looking appearance. They often boost your self-confidence and satisfaction with your body. With proper maintenance, including a healthy diet and exercise routine, the results can be long-lasting. However, significant weight loss or weight gain can alter the results of surgery.
When you are looking for exemplary care, come to FORM for your body contouring procedures. Using our digital app, we can show patients before and after pictures of past procedures so that you can see the dramatic effect surgical results can have. Immediately after surgery, the expert nursing staff works with you to ensure that you are moving appropriately and fully understand your post-operative care.
You have access to our clinic 24/7, so you can get immediate attention if you feel something has changed. The following are some of the body contouring procedures we offer to men and women in Toronto.
An arm lift, also known as a brachioplasty, tightens loose skin and removes excess fat from the upper arms. You might consider this after a significant weight loss, pregnancy, or aging. The surgery smooths the underlying tissue, so your upper arms appear more toned and proportionate to your body.
A Brazilian butt lift, also known as a BBL, is a cosmetic procedure that changes the shape and increases the fullness of your buttocks using your fat. The procedure begins with liposuction to harvest fat from your abdomen or thighs. Next, we purify the fat and inject it into your buttocks to create a rounded, more lifted, and natural-looking appearance. The BBL is only possible on adults who have enough fat in other areas to harvest.
A body lift is a plastic surgery procedure that removes excess skin and fat around the abdomen, buttocks, and sides after significant weight loss. Tightening and reshaping the underlying tissue enhances your body shape and reveals the results of your hard work. Body contouring surgery can boost the self-confidence and quality of life of adults in Toronto.
During this surgical procedure, we remove excess skin and fat from around the upper back where the bra sits. A bra line lift is ideal when you have loose skin due to aging or weight loss that bulges under your clothes or causes discomfort. The procedure reshapes the area by tightening the underlying tissue and creating a smoother, more toned back profile.
A labial reduction, or labiaplasty, is a surgical procedure that reduces the size of the labia minora, which are the inner lips around the vagina. These may stretch and cause discomfort after pregnancy and childbirth. You might experience discomfort during exercise or sexual activity or be unable to wear tight clothing because of pinching. This surgery improves comfort, aesthetics, and confidence with a natural-looking outcome.
We remove excess fat in specific body areas using a suction technique. While liposuction can help contour and reshape areas, it does not remove excess skin. We often combine liposuction with other procedures to achieve a slimmer and more defined look when diet and exercise have not achieved the desired results.
A thigh lift removes excess skin and fat from the inner or outer thighs. You might choose this procedure after losing weight or due to aging. The procedure tightens and reshapes the thighs, resulting in a firmer, smoother appearance. The result improves leg shape, comfort, and confidence in clothes.
Also called an abdominoplasty, this surgical procedure removes excess skin and fat from around your abdomen. During the procedure, we tighten the underlying tissue and muscles to create a flatter, more toned look. A tummy tuck is ideal for people with loose skin after weight loss or pregnancy as it improves abdominal contours, boosts your comfort level, and improves your self-confidence.
A mini tummy tuck, or mini abdominoplasty, is a less invasive procedure designed to remove excess skin and fat from the lower abdomen, creating a flatter and tighter appearance below the belly button. Ideal for individuals with minimal loose skin or stubborn fat, it involves a small horizontal incision and may include liposuction to enhance contours.
Hand rejuvenation via fat transfer is a minimally invasive procedure that uses fat to restore volume and create a youthful appearance in the hands. The surgeon harvests fat from areas such as love handles or thighs and injects it into the back of the hands. This technique smooths the hands and reduces the prominence of bones and tendons, leaving them fuller and more youthful-looking.
Body contouring procedures improve your body shape after you’ve achieved your goal weight. Our team designs these procedures to help you after diet and exercise have achieved all they can.
We encourage you to call our office today and schedule your consultation with one of our physicians to learn more about body contouring in Toronto and how our expert and compassionate surgical team can make a difference in your life.
Body contouring is a group of surgical procedures designed to remove excess skin and reshape specific areas of the body following significant weight loss.
Common procedures include:
You may be a candidate if:
We generally recommend waiting at least 6 months after major weight loss to allow your skin to contract as much as possible and to ensure that your weight has stabilized. However, it is never too early to start the process of educating yourself and meeting a team that you trust to look after you
Yes, combination surgeries are common and can make a lot of sense by consolidating the recovery time and costs. The transformational effect of multiple procedures can be truly incredible. Common procedure combinations include:
Yes, body contouring procedures involve incisions -which leave scars. However, we place incisions in areas that can often be hidden by clothing or swimsuits, and scars typically fade with time.
The results are long-lasting if you maintain a stable weight. Significant weight fluctuations can affect your outcome.
In general, body contouring procedures are considered cosmetic and are not covered by OHIP. However, if there are functional issues like rashes or skin breakdown, some insurers may provide partial coverage.
As with any surgery, risks include bleeding, infection, scarring, poor wound healing, and fluid accumulation (seroma). There will specific risks related to the area undergoing the body contouring that will also be discussed. We take every precaution to minimize these risks.
On balance, the benefits aesthetically and functionally from these types of procedures far outweigh the risks.
Call our office to book a consultation. During the visit, we will:
Above all, you should feel comfortable with your care team. After your consultation you should feel confident in their experience, their understanding of your goals and excited by their results in similar patients.
At FORM, our extensive experience looking after patients that have lost significant weight has taught us the importance of looking after weight loss patients in a more holistic way. Examples of care we provide in this program that are unique include:
Your true form awaits. Contact us today to begin your journey.