摘要

Objectives: Develop an approach to the patient consultation for body contouring concerns. Review the most popular body contouring procedures and the ideal candidate for each. Understand new and emerging technologies and how they can be incorporated into your practice. Introduction: Body contouring procedures continue to increase in popularity, and we are amidst a wave of new technologies and procedures to offer our patients improved results. Common body contouring concerns involve volume restoration, reduction of adiposity, enhanced muscle toning, lifting and tightening of tissue, and addressing skin laxity. Materials / method: Technologies employed for body contouring include: radiofrequency and ultrasound devices, cryolipolysis / laser lipolysis / injectable lipolysis, muscle toning devices, tissue micro-coring, injectable fillers and biostimulators, and buttock augmentation and cellulite treatment. Results: Some of the most common patient concerns include facial revolumization and skin tightening, jawline contouring and reduction of submental adiposity, abdominal toning and fat reduction, and gluteal augmentation and cellulite treatment. Combination treatments can be utilized to provide superior patient outcomes. Conclusion: We are seeing increasing demand for minimally-invasive body sculpting procedures, and have numerous safe, low-downtime options which are customizable to patients concerns and body type. It is important to gauge patient expectations appropriately. Minimally-invasive treatments have little to no downtime, but do not provide surgical results. Combination treatment with various mechanisms of action may yield best results. Further long-term studies on efficacy, longevity of results, and maintenance regimens are needed.