Body Contouring

Dr Rohit Kumar offers comprehensive body contouring surgery in Sydney for patients after significant weight loss, bariatric procedures, or post-pregnancy. Procedures include body lift (belt lipectomy), brachioplasty (arm lift), thigh lift, monsplasty, back lift, and combination mummy makeover packages. Surgery is performed at Westmead Private Hospital, with 12-month post-operative follow-up included in the surgical fee. Medicare rebates may apply for qualifying post-weight-loss cases.

Body contouring surgery at Sydney Cosmetic Sanctuary addresses the spectrum of skin redundancy and contour changes that follow massive weight loss — whether from bariatric surgery, dietary modification, or exercise — as well as the anatomical changes associated with pregnancy and ageing. Dr Rohit Kumar FRACS (Plas) has specific experience in post-weight-loss body contouring, including belt lipectomy (lower body lift), brachioplasty, and thigh lift — a demanding operative subspecialty requiring detailed preoperative planning, careful scar placement, and familiarity with the attenuated skin quality and altered soft tissue characteristics of post-bariatric patients. Belt lipectomy (body lift) is the most comprehensive single body contouring procedure: a circumferential excision of excess skin and fat from the lower trunk, combining an abdominoplasty-type anterior resection with excision of skin from the flanks, buttocks, and outer thighs in a single continuous operation. It simultaneously tightens the abdomen, lifts the outer thighs, elevates the buttocks, and eliminates the apron of hanging skin that frequently remains below the belt line after large weight losses. Brachioplasty (arm lift) excises the hanging skin redundancy of the inner upper arm through an incision running from the axilla toward the elbow, placed on the bicipital groove surface of the arm to minimise visibility. Thigh lift addresses inner thigh skin laxity through an incision placed within the groin crease, with skin and fat removed to restore inner thigh contour and reduce skin-on-skin chafing. Monsplasty corrects fatty tissue and skin descent overlying the mons pubis, an area commonly affected by both weight fluctuation and the tissue descent associated with abdominoplasty skin excision. For post-pregnancy patients, mummy makeover packages combine procedures relevant to their specific pattern of change — typically some combination of breast surgery, abdominoplasty, and liposuction — in a single anaesthetic event where it is safe and clinically appropriate to do so. All body contouring procedures at this Sydney practice are performed at Westmead Private Hospital, and the included 12-month follow-up program covers all review appointments throughout the recovery and scar maturation process.