What this site is for
This is a patient decision guide, not a textbook. The operations — abdominoplasty, liposuction, the body lift — and the recovery afterwards are explained properly on the Body hub, on the Tummy Tuck site and on Dr. Mao's own site. Repeating that here would help nobody. What this site adds is the part patients describe as the one nobody prepared them for: understanding that what is left is skin rather than fat, that nothing except surgery removes it, that the surgery is staged over a long period, and what has to be true about your weight and your health before any of it is sensible.
Who writes it
The guides are written by the clinical content team of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and medically reviewed by Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, who performs this surgery here. Every page carries the reviewer's name and the date it was last reviewed. Nothing on this site is attributed to a clinician who has not read it.
What we deliberately do not publish
No prices, because a real figure depends on which areas are treated, how many stages are needed, the anaesthetic and the facility, and a number invented for a web page misleads more than it helps. No brand names — including for weight-loss medicines, which are named by class here and nothing else. No dosages. No claims that a particular result will be achieved, and no before-and-after images used as evidence, because the result in one body does not predict the result in yours.
The limits of a website
Nothing here can tell you whether a fold is skin or fat, whether your skin will retract further, or whether you are ready for a staged plan. Those answers require someone to examine and handle the tissue, review your weight history, and check your nutritional and medical status. Use this site to arrive at a consultation with better questions, and treat any answer you receive here as general information rather than advice about you.