Sometimes you may eat right and exercise as much as you want ut are just unable to lose that unsightly bulge around the stomach or the hips. No matter how much some people exercise their arms they still can not get rid of those upper arm fat deposits or loose hanging skin. There are others who would eat as much as thwey can but never put weight on their buttocks or chest. A lot of people have to carefully choose what the can wear to hide our bulges and feel uncomfortable wearing what we want .For all these individuals Body Sculpting has emerged as a surgical art.

The first part of body sculpting is looking at the aesthetic ideals for the body and also the desires of the individual. The fashions keep changing for the desirable female built- the heavy curvaceous women in Victorian times to the well muscled women in the 90s to the slender almost anorexic women models like Kate Moss when size zero became popular. Fortunately the recent trend is for a healthy well-proportioned body.There are different types of bodies and bony structures but there are some common aesthetic ideals. The waist to hip ratio for the ideal female shape is 0.67. The waist to bust ratio is similar while the ideal bust size for a woman is a c-cup.Tall or short, petite or generously built , these ratios hold true. Very few have this exact ratio but everyone desires to come as close to this as possible. Here Plastic Surgery is helpful and the extent of this can vary depending on the individual’s body shape and desires.

There are multiple techniques and tools that are available to the well trained Plastic surgeon of today. One of the common techniques is liposuction or the more selective liposculpture. The technique of getting rid of unwanted fat through minute incisions using blunt needles (cannula) has undergone many modifications including use of ultrasound or laser technology. The precision of sculpting has increased and the safety has improved tremendously. There is also subcutaneous etching of the skin to provide muscle definition and “cuts”.

Another tool that we have in our armamentarium is lipostructure or Autologous fat grafting. Fat is taken from one part of the individuals body through small needles and purified. The purified cells are then injected again through tiny needles in the areas which lack fat and definition. We have had excellent results in moderate Breast augmentation and Buttock enhancement (Brazilian Buttock Lift) thus achieving better aesthetic proportions.

These techniques have further improved with the introduction of Stem-cell enrichment of the fat, which increases the amount of fat, and tissues that will stay and the degree of enhancement that can be achieved.
A long-standing technique, which is now better and safer than ever before is the use of Breast Implants . The new FDA approved implants from the US are now easily available and the texture and Cohesive Gel fill has better fill and less chances of leakage or other problems.

Body implants other than Breast implants are also available for the chest, buttocks or calves amongst others but the use of these is fairly limited. One indication for use of these implants is asymmetry because of congenital or developmental causes. Most body implants are solid unlike the Gel filled breast implants.

The excisional surgeries where skin and fat are cut out and the muscles tightened are done for individuals who need to have loose hanging skin removed in addition to fat removal and muscle tightening. The skin can become loose after pregnancy or significant weight loss. A variety of “lifts” and “tucks” are available including those for the stomach, thighs, arms and buttocks.

Evolution and advancement in the science and techniques of Plastic surgery are helping Plastic Surgeons practice the art of Body Sculpting much better than ever before.