Body Contouring Technologies

This book covers more than ten body contouring technologies, explaining in a practical and objective way what the surgeon needs to know intraoperatively to operate each of these devices. It aimed to be a step-by-step guide to body contouring technologies in theory and practice. Great exponents of plastic surgery in body contouring technologies contributed and there are no conflicts of interest with companies or equipment manufacturers. The nineteen didactic chapters are divided into types of devices, their indications and step-by-step usage. They address innovations in obtention of fat (vibration, ultrasonic and micro/nanofat), skin sagging (Laser Diodo, Radiofrequency Assisted Lipolysis/Microneedling and Argon/Helium Plasma Radiofrequency Technology), plication of the rectus abdominis muscles (videolaparoscopy and robotics) and monitoring procedures (Ultrasound, Thermography Camera and Artificial Intelligence). Body Contouring Technologies A Step-By-Step Guide will be a bedside book for many professionals and a source of inspiration for those who deal with body contouring. The main target audience is surgery residents (general and plastic surgery), medical students and professionals who experience these technologies in surgical practice. It will offer the reader the great advantage of taking a journey from the history of body contouring devices to the proposed future.