Arrange a Post-Weight-Loss Assessment

What the assessment covers

How much weight you lost and over what period; whether it is still moving; what treatment was behind the loss and what is planned for that treatment afterwards; which regions carry excess skin and how much of each is skin rather than fat; how the skin behaves when it is lifted; your eating pattern and your protein intake; and a review of your bloodwork, including iron and vitamin status and blood sugar control if relevant. Your general health, medication, smoking status and any history of clots or slow healing are reviewed alongside it.

What to bring

A list of your current medicines, including anything bought without a prescription. Your most recent blood tests if you have them. Photographs of yourself at different weights if your weight has changed a great deal, because a trend is easier to read from pictures than from memory. And what the clinician who manages your weight loss has said about the plan for that treatment, in writing if you have it.

What happens if the answer is to wait

You will be told, and you will be told what the waiting is for. An assessment can end with a recommendation to wait until the weight has been still for longer, to correct a nutritional shortfall first, to have a conversation with the prescriber about the weight-loss treatment, or to plan around a life event. That is a result rather than a rejection, and it usually comes with a list of what to do in the meantime.

How to arrange it

Contact the outpatient line, or write through the address on the contact page, and say that you are asking about body contouring after weight loss. If you are travelling from outside Chongqing, say so when you book: the team can tell you what can be discussed by remote consultation and what needs an in-person examination.