Body Contouring & Body Lift Surgery

Surgical body contouring and body lift procedures by FRACS plastic surgeon Mr Ian Holten at National Capital Private Hospital, Canberra. Procedures include lower body lifts, arm lifts (brachioplasty), thigh lifts, and combined post-bariatric body contouring for patients following significant weight loss. Surgery removes excess skin and reshapes underlying tissue to restore a proportionate, lifted body silhouette. Performed under general anaesthesia at the NCPH facility in Garran ACT.

Surgical body contouring at Canberra Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery encompasses the spectrum of body lift and skin excision procedures performed by Mr Ian Holten FRACS FRCS(Plast) at National Capital Private Hospital, Garran ACT. Body contouring surgery is most commonly sought by patients who have achieved significant weight loss — either through bariatric surgery (gastric sleeve, bypass) or lifestyle intervention — and are left with redundant, inelastic skin that cannot remodel through exercise alone. The loss of skin elasticity is permanent once the dermis has been overstretched by sustained obesity or pregnancy, meaning that excess skin folds on the abdomen, flanks, thighs, arms, and buttocks can only be corrected surgically. A lower body lift (belt lipectomy) addresses the entire circumference of the lower trunk — combining an abdominoplasty anteriorly with an outer thigh and buttock lift posteriorly in a single procedure — to remove the encircling apron of redundant skin and lift and reshape the outer thighs and gluteal region simultaneously. Brachioplasty (arm lift) removes the excess skin hanging from the posterior upper arm between the axilla and elbow, correcting the 'bat wing' deformity common after upper body weight loss. Medial thigh lift addresses excess skin on the inner thigh from the groin crease downward. Procedures may be combined in staged or single-setting operations depending on the patient's health status, the total amount of redundant skin, and the surgical risk profile. Canberra and ACT patients seeking post-bariatric body contouring from a specialist FRACS-credentialled plastic surgeon benefit from Mr Holten's practice at NCPH, avoiding the need to travel to Sydney for an equivalent level of plastic surgery expertise. All body contouring procedures are performed under general anaesthesia with planned hospital admission at National Capital Private Hospital, a fully accredited ACT surgical facility.