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FAQs for Body Contouring Surgery in Dubai
What is body contouring surgery?
Body contouring is reconstructive surgery to remove sagging skin and extra fat, and to improve the shape and tone of underlying tissue. The result is a body with smoother contours. Body contouring may be carried out following major weight loss, when the skin may not shrink back fully.
Is body contouring good for your body?
The potential benefits of body contouring can be different for each individual that we treat. Body contouring deficits may be constitutional (beautifiucation) or aquired by aging (Rejuvenation) or massive weight loss (Restoration). Body contouring surgeries can help the abdomen, arms, thighs, breasts and buttocks appear more shapely and toned.
How do you prepare for body contouring surgery?
Get a lab test. Take certain medications or adjust your current medications. Stop smoking well in advance of surgery. Avoid taking aspirin, anti-inflammatory drugs and herbal supplements or other medications that may increase bleeding.
What is the best surgery to remove body fat?
Liposuction is a cosmetic surgery procedure that removes unwanted fat deposits from your body. If you’ve tried diet and exercise, but the fat won’t budge, liposuction can help. The procedure gives you a smoother body shape. Liposuction surgery isn’t a weight-loss procedure.
What is the best surgery for loose skin?
Plastic (cosmetic) surgeries, such as panniculectomy, tummy tucks and arm lifts (brachioplasty), can get rid of sagging, excess skin to improve appearance, comfort and clothing fit.
How painful is body contouring?
Everyone has varying levels of sensitivity and pain tolerance, but most people who undergo body contouring experience minimal discomfort and actually find that the procedure feels more like a therapeutic spa treatment than an aesthetic procedure.
What is the recovery time for body contouring surgery?
Healing can take several weeks. If you have no issues with swelling or healing, you could be back to work in four to six weeks. You may need to wear compression garments after surgery. These garments help your healing process by decreasing swelling at the incision site.
Is body contouring surgery safe?
Body contouring can reshape your body, but both surgical and non-surgical methods come with side effects. Common side effects include bruising, swelling, and temporary numbness, especially in fat reduction treatments. Scarring and skin laxity can occur, especially after surgical procedures like liposuction.
How permanent is body contouring?
The best sleeping position after a facelift is on your back with your head elevated. This prevents strain on the incision sites and can help reduce swelling.

Ask the Expert: Body Contouring Treatments.
Prof. Dr. Robert Hierner, a leading expert in body contouring in Dubai, offers advanced procedures to remove sagging skin and excess fat, enhancing body shape and tone for a smoother, more contoured appearance.


Arms- Procedures
Liposuction Upper Arm
Especially with weight gain and in the course of aging, fat deposits can accumulate on the upper arm, which cannot be broken down again through diet or intensive training. These changes can negatively impact a person’s overall appearance, making even a young person look older or a fit person appearing unhealthy. After liposuction, patients who used to feel embarrassed and hid their arms under clothes feel noticeably better and wear whatever they like again. Of course, the clothes also fit better again.

Arm Lift (Brachioplasty)
Wrinkled or sagging insides of the upper arms often disturb a positive body feeling”. With the upper arm lift and more rarely with the elbow and forearm lift, excess, inelastic skin and excess fat can be removed in men and women and thus a change in shape can be achieved, which gives back a defined appearance and thus improves the arm profile overall. Firm and shapely arms give a younger appearance. Patients who had low self-confidence due to excess fat and/or inelastic, sagging skin in the upper arm area feel much more comfortable after this treatment and wear clothes (short-sleeved shirts and T-shirts) again. shirts) just the way you want it.



Abdomen & Lower Back (Lower Trunk) - Procedures
Belly-button (Umbilicus) Piercing Correction
The belly button piercing repair is a minor surgical procedure performed under local anaesthesia, that takes between 45 – 60 minutes.
The aim of a belly button correction is a harmonious, natural-looking and aesthetically pleasing belly button (navel, umbilicus).

Liposuction Abdomen
As part of body development, fat deposits can remain, especially below the belly-button. Weight gain leads to increased fat storage in the abdomen and waist area. Fat deposits can significantly impair the appearance, especially in navel-free fashion.
With a normal diet, the result will be permanent. If you gain weight again, it will be more “everywhere” and not more in the area of the former fat deposits in the abdominal area. Small fine corrections – usually in the form of a mini-abdominoplasty – are only occasionally necessary.

High-definition Liposuction for “Six-Pack” Enhancement
Even very well trained abdominal muscles do not come into their own with a thickened subcutaneous fat layer. The muscle layer only becomes clearly visible through the overlying skin when the body fat percentage is < 12%. With the help of liposuction in the abdominal area, the muscle relief (“six pack”) can be clearly worked out and made visible

C-section Scar Correction
The most important task of a safe and painless planned delivery is often quickly forgotten, what remains is a more or less visible scar. Especially with aging the C-section scar becomes more noticeable as a retraction at the lower abdomen region.
Correction of C-Section scars consists of 3 steps:
- Scar resection
- Wound edge mobilization
- Correction of abdominal skin and fat excess (optional): (C-section scar correction is often done together with a Mini-abdominoplasty or even a full abdominoplasty (“tummy tuck”).

Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
Empty and/or hanging abdominal skin – especially in the clearly visible side area – often disturbs a positive body feeling”. The choice of corrective procedure depends on the extent and location of the sagging abdominal skin (ptosis), the amount of fat, the quality of the abdominal muscles, and the patient’s wishes. Additional procedures may involve the Mons pubis (Mons of Venus), the Waistline (“love handles”), and the lower back (“Hourglass Contouring”).

Pubic Lift (Monsplasty)
Some women struggle with a bulge of excess skin and fat in the mons, the upper part of the hair-bearing part of their vulva. The bulge can result in women feeling too embarrassed to wear a bathing suit or tight pants.
A monsplasty is a surgical procedure that removes hanging skin and fatty tissue from your mons pubis. Excess fat can be removed by liposuction, excess skin need skin resection. The pubic lift can be an isolated procedure or part of a tummy tuck.

Liposuction of Waistline
“Love Handles” (Lower back and Lateral Abdominal Region)
The hips and flanks can be sucked off excellently, the skin is thick and usually sufficiently elastic. Liposucction must be done as far as the rolls extent at the lower back and lateral abdominal regions (270°). The result of the treatment leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the waist. After liposuction, patients who used to feel ashamed and hid their waists under their clothes feel noticeably better and dare to show themselves “navel-free” in public again. Of course, the clothes also fit better again

360 lower trunk (hourglass) Contouring
An hourglass tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgery procedure designed to achieve a more defined waistline and hourglass figure. It involves removing excess fat and skin from the abdomen, tightening the abdominal muscles, and shaping the hips and waist with fat transfer to the buttock region to create an hourglass shape. The procedure is usually performed under general anaesthesia and takes several hours to complete.

Lower Body Lift
A “Lower Body Lift” refers to a set of plastic surgical procedures, done at the same time, that help a person to get rid of the skin excess (and residual fat) and regain an aesthetic lower body shape. Depending on the individual body shape loss, the patient can select from a variety of procedures, including
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
- Correction of the mons pubis
- Lateral thigh lift
- Buttock lift or even buttock augmentation (women) resp. waist lift (men)



Buttocks - Procedures
Liposuction Buttocks
The Liposuction of the fat depots around the buttocks leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the buttock silhouette. A well-formed and firm bottom gives a younger appearance. After liposuction, patients who used to feel ashamed and hid their figure under their clothes feel noticeably better and dare to show themselves in public with tight-fitting clothes again.

Brazilian Butt Lift/BBL (Buttock Enlargement with fat transfer)
Fat transfer at the buttocks is indicated for:
- Corrections of congenital and acquired (especially after intramuscular injections)
- Correction of an incipient loss of volume in the buttocks (ptosis)
- natural buttock augmentation (without silicone prosthesis) – Brazilian But Lift
Patient’ s own fat is a very suitable injection material because – in contrast to substances foreign to the body – it does not lead to any allergies. The corrections can be repeated as often as you like until the perfect buttocks (buttocks) shape is achieved. In contrast to silicone prostheses, fat is an endogenous substance that cannot lead to scarring in the sense of a capsule formation. The bottom is warm and feels normal.

Buttock Lift
During a buttock lift, excess skin and fat are removed from the buttocks. The remaining skin is then repositioned to create a more toned look. There are specific differences in the resection pattern between women and men.
- Women („low version“): In women the escess skin is located lower at the level of the buttocks and lateral thigh. The makn goal is the lift the buttock and lateral thigh tissues (raising tissues)
- Men („high version”): In the man, the excess skin is located higher at the level of the love handles (flanks). The main goal in the male is to correct the love handles (lower tissues)
Lower Body Lift is performed under general anesthesia.



Thighs, Knees & Legs - Procedures
Liposuction Outer (lateral) Thighs (“saddle-bags”)
“Saddle- bags” are accumulations of fat on the outer thighs that exceed the level of gender fat distribution. The women affected suffer from this deviation and often have low self-esteem. The liposuction leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the leg silhouette. And thus to an optical leg lengthening. A well-formed and firm outer thigh gives a younger appearance. Well-formed thighs can have a very positive effect on a person’s self-confidence.

Horizontal Outer (Lateral) Thigh Lift
Outer thigh lifts or outer thighplasty is a cosmetic procedure that helps to smooth and tighten the outer thigh. Outer horizontal thigh lift is part of every Extended Abdominoplasty (270) or lower body Lift. It restores the lower part of the ideal hourglass figure in women.

Liposuction Medial Thigh (“thigh gap”)
The tendency to accumulate fat in the inner thigh area can be hereditary. The inner thigh area, like the buttocks area, is one of those areas that are particularly resistant to any diet or physical activity. In addition to the aesthetic impairment, a strong accumulation of fat leads to a functional impairment due to the legs rubbing against each other.
Liposuction leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the leg silhouette and thus to an optical leg lengthening. A well-formed and firm inner thigh gives a younger appearance. The so-called “thigh gap” is currently a beauty ideal.

Horizontal Inner (Medial) Thigh Lift
If there is limited skin excess to the upper one-fourth of the inner thigh, the horizontal inner thig lift is the treatment of choice, because of it inconspicuous scar line.
The surgery is performed under general anesthesia and consists of 2 steps:
1) Liposuction: Reshaping of the anterior and inner thigh and knee by liposuction
2) Tissue Resection: Lifting procedure by tissue resection: After liposuction the marked resection segment is temporarily closed with staples and a tension check is carried out. Once corrections are done, the skin resection is carried out and the skin is sutured in layers

Vertical Inner (Medial) Thigh Lift
f there is significant skin excess that extents down to the mid thigh or even to the knee, a vertical scar is needed, too.
The surgery is performed under general anesthesia and consists of 2 steps:
1) Liposuction: Reshaping of the anterior and inner thigh and knee by liposuction
2) Tissue Resection: Lifting procedure by tissue resection: After liposuction the marked resection segment is temporarily closed with staples and a tension check is carried out. Once corrections are done, the skin resection is carried out and the skin is sutured in layers.
There is a significant improvement in shape.

Liposuction Dorsal Thighs (“Banana”)
Liposuction of the dorsal thighs has double purpose:
- Removal of the fat excess below the gluteal crease (“gluteal banana roll”)
- Definition of the lower buttock rounding

Liposuction Knee
The inside of the knee is one of those areas that are particularly resistant to any diet or physical activity. The tendency to accumulate fat in the inner knee area can be hereditary. In addition to the inside, there are often excess fat deposits above and below the kneecap. Although the rest of the thigh area is often very tight and well-formed, these love handles are particularly noticeable when wearing tight pants and short skirts.
Liposuction restores a defined appearance and thus improves the thigh profile as a whole. The result of the treatment leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the knee silhouette and thus to an optical leg lengthening.

Liposuction Lower Leg & Ankle
Many women suffer from oversized calves and are not satisfied with the silhouette of their lower legs. The tendency to accumulate fat in the lower leg area can be hereditary. In addition to the backs, there are excess fat deposits on the inside and outsidew and front with the exception of the shinbone area. In the case of extremely strong lower legs or calves, it is not uncommon for so-called lipoedema to occur, which spreads to the hips. The warmer season then quickly becomes a burden and one feels uncomfortable wearing shorter skirts. But even in the cooler months, unwelcome fat deposits in the calf area can cause problems – especially when it is not possible to wear boots as a result. The women affected suffer from their “fat calves” and often have low self-esteem.
Liposuction leads to a significant narrowing and beautification of the silhouette of the lower leg and thus to an optical leg lengthening.

Calf Augmentation with Fat Transfer
Fat transfer calf augmentation is a cosmetic surgery procedure that involves transferring fat from one part of the body to the calf muscles to enhance their shape and size.


