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Whether you’ve reached a weight loss milestone or are looking to fine-tune your shape when diet and exercise haven’t worked, body contouring offers a way to refine and restore your body with precision. At Healy Plastic Surgery in Honolulu, we offer both surgical and non-surgical body contouring treatments to remove excess fat, tighten loose skin, and help you feel more comfortable in your body.
From tummy tucks and thigh lifts to non-invasive laser treatments, each body sculpting procedure is tailored to your goals, anatomy, and lifestyle. Dr. Jeff Healy, a board-certified plastic surgeon with over 20 years of surgical experience, performs every surgical body procedure himself, while our team of licensed professionals offers the latest technology in non-surgical contouring.
Body contouring is a term used to describe a wide range of treatments that help improve the shape, tone, and proportion of the body. These treatments work by removing excess fat, tightening skin, and reshaping specific areas that are resistant to diet and exercise. Depending on your goals, we may recommend either surgical body contouring procedures or non-surgical body sculpting treatments using energy-based technology.
Some of the most commonly treated areas include the abdomen, thighs, flanks, upper arms, back, and chin. Patients often seek these treatments to address stubborn fat, loose or excess skin, or changes after dramatic weight loss or pregnancy.
Surgical body contouring is ideal for patients who want a dramatic improvement in shape, especially after major weight loss or aging-related skin laxity. These procedures are designed to remove fat, tighten underlying tissue, and eliminate excess skin that cannot be corrected with non-invasive methods.
Common surgical body contouring options include:
These procedures deliver long-lasting, visible changes, but they do involve recovery time. During your personal consultation, Dr. Healy will help you understand what to expect and whether surgical contouring is right for you.
After significant weight loss, many patients are left with excess skin and stubborn pockets of fat that diet and exercise can’t fix. While weight loss changes your body’s volume, it doesn’t always reshape your silhouette.
Post-weight loss body contouring helps restore balance and definition by:
This type of surgical body contouring is often staged over multiple procedures for optimal results and safe recovery. Areas commonly treated include the abdomen, arms, thighs, chest, and back.
For patients who want to eliminate fat without surgery or downtime, we offer non-invasive body contouring treatments using FDA-approved light-based energy systems like SculpSure®. These treatments target and reduce fat cells in localized areas using heat or cold temperatures, all while keeping surrounding tissue unharmed.
How it Works:
Patients often need a series of treatment sessions for the desired effect, and individual results vary. Best of all, most patients can return to normal activities immediately after treatment.
Whether surgical or non-surgical, body contouring procedures can help:
You may be a good candidate for body contouring if you:
Certain health conditions, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or a history of skin cancer, may require medical clearance prior to treatment. Your personal consultation with Dr. Healy will help determine the best and safest course of action.
For surgical body contouring procedures like tummy tuck, arm lift, or post-weight loss skin removal, most patients can expect 1–2 weeks of downtime, followed by a gradual return to normal activity. You’ll need to avoid strenuous exercise, lifting, or stretching during the early healing phase. Compression garments may be prescribed to help reduce swelling and support the new shape of the treated area. Dr. Healy will provide detailed post-operative instructions, and all follow-up appointments are directly with him.
For non-surgical body contouring, such as light-based energy treatments like SculpSure®, there is typically little or no downtime. Most patients return to normal activities immediately after treatment. You may experience mild tenderness, swelling, or firmness in the treatment area, but this resolves quickly.
Staying hydrated, maintaining a steady flow of movement (like walking), and avoiding excessive heat can help support your body’s natural processes as the affected fat cells begin to break down and flush out. Whether surgical or non-surgical, following your provider’s aftercare plan is key to achieving optimal results and minimizing risk.
Timing varies depending on the procedure, but results are worth the wait.
With surgical body contouring, many patients see a noticeable difference immediately, especially when excess fat and loose skin are removed during surgery. However, swelling and healing can take weeks to months to fully resolve. Final results typically settle between 3–6 months post-op, and the outcome is long-lasting, especially when you maintain a stable weight through diet and exercise.
With non-surgical body contouring treatments, results develop more gradually. After treatments like SculpSure, affected fat cells are eliminated through the body’s natural processes over the course of 6 to 12 weeks. Most patients require a series of treatment sessions to reach their desired effect. The outcome is a smoother, more contoured body with visible improvement in stubborn areas that haven’t responded to lifestyle changes alone.
In both cases, individual results vary, but the most satisfied patients are those who maintain a consistent routine of healthy living and follow their provider’s plan. Whether you choose a surgical body procedure or a non surgical body contouring treatment, our team will guide you every step of the way to ensure your results are safe, lasting, and beautifully aligned with your goals.
At Healy Plastic Surgery, we treat every patient like family. Dr. Jeff Healy performs all surgical procedures himself, offering unmatched experience in surgical body contouring from his 23-year career as a military and reconstructive surgeon.
We combine:
Non-surgical results often appear gradually over 6–12 weeks. Surgical results are more immediate but improve over months as swelling subsides.
With a stable weight, results can last for many years. Fat cells removed or affected fat cells eliminated through treatment do not return.
Yes. Many patients combine body contouring with breast procedures, facial surgery, or skin rejuvenation for more comprehensive transformation.
Surgical body procedures require recovery time; most patients resume light activity in 1–2 weeks. Non-surgical treatments have little or no downtime.
Most patients feel a warming or tingling sensation as energy warms the fat layer. It’s well-tolerated and does not affect the surrounding tissue.
