Body Contouring

Dr. Adam Schaffner offers a comprehensive body contouring menu from his 5th Avenue Midtown Manhattan practice, including liposuction, tummy tuck (abdominoplasty), Brazilian butt lift, arm lift, thigh lift, lower body lift, and Mommy Makeover combination procedures. Additional options include fat transfer and fat grafting, lipedema treatment, and non-surgical cellulite treatments using Aveli and Cellfina technology. Procedures are designed to refine and reshape body contours after weight loss, following pregnancy, or where exercise-resistant fat deposits and skin laxity persist.

Body contouring surgery at Adam Schaffner MD Plastic Surgery NYC encompasses both surgical and non-surgical approaches to reshaping the body, with procedure selection guided by the nature and distribution of the patient's concerns, their skin laxity, and their recovery goals. Liposuction is the foundational body contouring procedure at the practice: using a small cannula inserted through discrete incisions, subcutaneous adipose tissue is aspirated from targeted zones including the abdomen, flanks, back, hips, inner and outer thighs, arms, and submental area. Tumescent technique is standard, providing both haemostasis and anaesthetic benefit, and allows safe suctioning of large volumes with minimised blood loss. Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) addresses not only excess lower abdominal skin and subcutaneous fat but also the diastasis recti — the separation of the paired rectus abdominis muscles at the linea alba — that commonly occurs during pregnancy or with significant weight fluctuation. Repair of the muscle separation is a core component of the procedure, restoring abdominal wall structural integrity alongside the aesthetic improvement. The Brazilian butt lift (BBL) combines liposuction of donor areas — commonly the flanks, back, and abdomen — with processing and reinjection of the harvested fat into the buttocks to create volume, projection, and shape enhancement using entirely autologous material. The arm lift (brachioplasty) resects excess skin and fat from the inner upper arm, typically from the axilla to near the elbow, restoring upper arm contour after significant weight loss or with age-related skin laxity. Thigh lift surgery addresses inner thigh laxity through an incision placed in the groin crease, while lower body lift surgery combines buttock lift, outer thigh lift, and abdominal tightening in a single circumferential procedure for patients who have experienced massive weight loss. Mommy Makeover packages at the Manhattan practice combine procedures selected to address post-pregnancy changes — typically including some combination of breast surgery, abdominoplasty, and liposuction — into a single anaesthetic event where safety permits. For cellulite, the practice uses Aveli (a minimally invasive subcision device) and Cellfina (vacuum-assisted suction subcision), both of which address the fibrous septal bands tethering the skin that create the dimpled appearance. New York City patients considering body contouring surgery are evaluated for their BMI, skin quality, and overall health during consultation to determine the safest and most effective operative approach.